Vice President, Algo Trading / SOR – Developer
Galaxy Digital is a financial services and investment management firm specializing in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors. Serving primarily institutional clients, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services including trading, asset management, investment banking, and data center infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing.
About Galaxy Digital
Galaxy Digital is a diversified financial services and investment management firm focused on the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors. The company's operations are structured across three primary business lines: Global Markets, Asset Management & Infrastructure, and Data Centers. The Global Markets division provides institutional access to a full suite of digital asset products and services, including OTC trading, derivatives, and investment banking. The Asset Management & Infrastructure arm offers a wide range of investment strategies such as ETFs, hedge funds, and venture capital, alongside essential blockchain services like staking, tokenization, and custody solutions. The Data Centers business focuses on bitcoin mining and is expanding into AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC). Galaxy serves a diverse clientele, from institutional investors and trading firms to Web3 founders and miners, and also provides extensive educational resources, research, and market insights through its Digital Assets Academy and various podcasts.
Skills
About the Role
You will design and develop a low-latency, high-throughput EMS/Smart Order Router system and implement intelligent routing algorithms that weigh execution quality, liquidity, latency, and cost. You will collaborate with traders and product managers to refine routing logic, monitor and optimize system performance in real-world trading conditions, contribute to system resilience and business continuity, support production trading issues, and adopt AI tools to improve productivity and decision-making.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience developing routing strategies for specific markets (e.g. FX Markets crypto exchanges) in Java
- Knowledge of tick data analytics and real-time market data processing
- Familiarity with cloud-based market access or hybrid deployments
- Experience in high-frequency or algorithmic trading environments
- Experience building low-latency systems and working with multicast and unicast market data feeds
- Understanding of the application and infrastructure stack associated with electronic and algorithmic trading
- Proficiency with trading system architecture including OMS EMS and market gateways
- Strong understanding of concurrency networking and memory management
- Experience with Linux systems and performance profiling tools
- Proactive problem-solving mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced collaborative environment
- Bonus: Experience in DeFi or crypto
- Bonus: Experience with trade internalization and crossing networks
- Bonus: Exposure to regulatory or compliance-driven environments
- Bonus: Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS GCP) or DevOps processes
Responsibilities
- Design and develop a low-latency high-throughput EMS/Smart Order Router system
- Implement intelligent routing algorithms based on execution quality liquidity latency and cost
- Collaborate with traders and product managers to refine routing logic and build algorithmic capabilities
- Monitor and optimize system performance under real-world trading conditions
- Contribute to system resilience and business continuity
- Provide support for production trading issues
- Champion and apply AI tools to improve productivity decision-making and output quality
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
- Competitive paid time off
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and their eligible dependents
- Free virtual coaching sessions through Headspace
- Free daily snacks in-office