Vice President Senior Backend Developer - Lending/Commercial
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, develop, and optimize robust, scalable backend systems that power web and mobile applications. You will build and maintain APIs and databases, ensure reliability, security, and high performance, and architect server-side solutions to handle high transaction volumes. You will implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment, conduct code reviews, and use automated testing frameworks. You will collaborate with front-end, product, and infrastructure teams to integrate and deliver features, and stay current with emerging technologies in back-end development, blockchain, and fintech to recommend improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in back-end development with at least 2 years in a senior role
- Hands-on experience with Node
- Experience with Express
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience with Nest.js or similar frameworks
- Strong experience with SQL
- Exposure to NoSQL
- Experience with microservices
- Experience with event-based architecture
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with caching and messaging queues such as Kafka
- Experience using Postman
- Experience with Git or Bitbucket
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance back-end systems, APIs, and databases
- Architect scalable, secure, and efficient server-side solutions for high transaction volumes
- Collaborate with front-end, product, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery
- Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment, including code reviews and automated testing
- Optimize system reliability, security, and performance
- Stay current with emerging back-end, blockchain, and fintech technologies and recommend improvements
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus
- Paid time off
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and eligible dependents
- Free virtual coaching sessions through Headspace