Who We Are:
At Galaxy we are building products and services to help the world invest in economic progress. We believe crypto and blockchain innovations will permeate and improve all aspects of our global economy. Our vision is a society where value and ownership flow as freely as information. Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and individuals access and navigate the crypto economy. As one of the most well-capitalized and trusted companies in the industry, we provide platform solutions custom-made for a digitally native ecosystem across three complementary operating businesses: Global Markets, Asset Management, and Digital Infrastructure Solutions. Our offerings include, amongst others, trading, lending, strategic advisory services, institutional-grade investment solutions across passive, active and venture strategies, proprietary bitcoin mining and hosting services, network validator services, and the development of enterprise custodial technology. Galaxy’s CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz leads a team of crypto enthusiasts, and institutional veterans focused on the future of finance and Web3. The Company is headquartered in New York City, with global offices across North America, Europe and Asia.
Additional information about the Company's businesses and products is available on www.galaxy.com.
What We Value:
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 who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and 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.
- Seek Excellence.
- Be Selective To Be Effective.
- Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
- Disagree Transparently.
- Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
- Build Dream Teams.
Who You Are:
Galaxy is looking for a Systems Architect with strong background in network engineering within financial services, high-frequency trading, or other ultra-low latency environments. You have a deep understanding of routing and switching protocols as well as network monitoring tools. You are a problem-solver and love working in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Architect and optimize multicast and unicast LANs and WANs to support high-frequency trading applications with minimal latency.
- Develop, deploy, and maintain network automation tools to streamline network configuration, monitoring, and performance analysis.
- Identify and mitigate potential sources of network latency; continuously optimize infrastructure to meet low-latency trading requirements.
- Implement advanced monitoring solutions to track network performance and troubleshoot issues in real-time, ensuring high availability and reliability with the lowest possible latency.
- Work closely with trading, development, and infrastructure teams to understand business requirements and align network infrastructure to meet performance and scalability needs.
- Provide technical expertise to diagnose and resolve complex network issues, particularly related to latency and traffic drops
- Liaise with network hardware and software vendors to ensure optimal solutions and upgrades for high-performance trading environments.
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience low latency interconnects and design.
- In depth knowledge hardware and operating systems
- Storage area network design and support
- 8+ years’ experience of design, implementation, maintenance, & troubleshooting of medium to large fleets.
- Experience integrating and maintaining cloud platform networks (AWS, GPC, Azure, etc.), and managing server configurations and deployments as code
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
- Flexible Time Off (i.e. unlimited paid vacation days)
- Company paid Holidays (11)
- Company paid sick leave
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
- 3% 401(k) company contribution
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace
- Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
- Free daily snacks in-office
- Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
- Employee Resource Groups
Apply now and join us on our mission to engineer a new economic paradigm.
Galaxy respects diversity and seeks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants for employment without regard to actual or perceived age, race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital or partnership or caregiver status, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military or veteran status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, or other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete the application process or to participate in an interview, please contact [email protected].
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