Vice President, Trading Systems Developer
Job description
About the role
<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who We Are:<br></strong></p> <p>Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, growing the economy that runs on code. Galaxy delivers the onchain infrastructure that connects institutions to digital assets, including trading, advisory, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization. Galaxy also develops and operates data center infrastructure to power AI and HPC workloads. The listing location is Hong Kong.
Key facts
What you'll do
- <div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who We Are:<br></strong></p> <p>Galaxy Digital Inc.
- (Nasdaq: GLXY) is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, growing the economy that runs on code.
- Galaxy delivers the onchain infrastructure that connects institutions to digital assets, including trading, advisory, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization.
- Galaxy also develops and operates data center infrastructure to power AI and HPC workloads.
- Anchored by its Helios campus in Texas, Galaxy is building a multi-gigawatt pipeline of more than 5.7 GW of potential capacity, positioning it among the largest and fastest-growing data center developers in North America.</p> <p>The Company is headquartered in New York City, with offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.</p> <p>Additional information about Galaxy's businesses and products is available on <a href="http://www.galaxy.com/">www.galaxy.com</a>.</p> <p><strong>What We Value:</strong></p> <p>We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy.
- We are looking for individuals&nbsp;who&nbsp;thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers&nbsp;and&nbsp;embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach.
- Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.</p> <ul> <li><em>Seek Excellence.</em></li> <li><em>Be Selective To Be Effective.</em></li> <li><em>Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.</em></li> <li><em>Disagree Transparently.</em></li> <li><em>Encourage Independent Decision-Making.</em></li> <li><em>Build Dream Teams.</em></li> </ul></div><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Who You Are:</strong></p> <p>This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and infrastructure, with a primary objective of minimizing latency, maximizing throughput, and ensuring deterministic performance across critical trading workflows.&nbsp;</p> <p>We are looking for a Trading Systems Engineer to design and build high performance trading systems in support of market data ingestion, order routing and execution.
- The ideal candidate will have worked on the development of low latency trading systems and have experience of high-performance messaging in Java, though similar experience in C++ will be considered.&nbsp;</p> <p>Further to the above, the candidate will have experience of optimizing multiple layers of the technology-stack, from the application layer, through to the OS, network layers and supporting hardware.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">This role will provide cross-cutting solutions in support of multiple businesses, including OTC, Market Making, Prop and Systematic Trading.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">You will have the ability to work independently, have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a desire to own issues and see them through to resolution.
Requirements
- The ideal candidate will have worked on the development of low latency trading systems and have experience of high-performance messaging in Java, though similar experience in C++ will be considered.&nbsp;</p> <p>Further to the above, the candidate will have experience of optimizing multiple layers of the technology-stack, from the application layer, through to the OS, network layers and supporting hardware.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">This role will provide cross-cutting solutions in support of multiple businesses, including OTC, Market Making, Prop and Systematic Trading.&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">You will have the ability to work independently, have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a desire to own issues and see them through to resolution.
- &nbsp; </span></li> <li><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.</span></li> <li>Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What We're Looking For:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Excellent core Java skills</li> <li>Extensive experience of Java Application and Garbage Collection optimization</li> <li>Exceptional knowledge of concurrency and multithreaded programming</li> <li>Experience of developing low latency pricing and trading systems</li> <li>Knowledge of low latency messaging (e.g.
About Galaxy
Galaxy hires analysts who turn data into decisions. You monitor behavior and conversion patterns, using cohort analysis to track customer value, retention, and churn. You support budgeting and planning with scenario models and growth projections. You automate recurring reports and build scripts to improve accuracy. You prepare quarterly reviews with clear visual summaries of performance and development.
Building software is iterative. You ship a slice, measure it, and correct course. Code review, pairing, and written design notes are how teams keep quality from depending on one person. The What you will do section is limited to this posting. The paragraphs here describe the craft, not extra assignments invented for length.
About the location
The posting places this role in Hong Kong. Local hiring markets vary in interview pace and compensation bands. Location copy is here so readers understand the geography attached to the title.