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Galaxy

VP, Java Electronic Trading Engineer

London
Level
Lead

Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.

Open. First seen 22 October 2026.

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About the role

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Who We Are:

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.

The Company is headquartered in New York City, with offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Additional information about Galaxy'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:

We are looking for talented software engineers to join our London trading technology teams to build the next generation of crypto trading systems.

You will have a strong server-side Java development background, with experience in one or more of order management systems, market connectivity, low latency messaging or price distribution.

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.

What We’re Looking For:

  • 10+ years' relevant development experience
  • Excellent core Java skills
  • Exceptional knowledge of concurrency and multithreaded programming
  • Experience of developing low latency pricing and trading systems in a Linux environment
  • Application performance profiling and optimisation

Bonus Points:

  • eFX development experience in a low latency, zero GC environment
  • Knowledge of institutional encodings (FIX, SBE)
  • Fault tolerant, high availability, distributed computing
  • Knowledge of low latency messaging (e.g. Aeron, 29West)
  • Docker / Kubernetes / AWS
  • Knowledge of Crypto

What We Offer:

  • Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
  • Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and their eligible dependents
  • Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions
  • Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
  • Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
  • Employee Resource Groups
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*Benefits may vary depending on location.

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.

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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 careers@galaxy.com.

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The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 8 open in Engineering. 2 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Java (7 of 8), AWS (6 of 8), Generative AI (4 of 8), Kubernetes (4 of 8), Docker (3 of 8), GCP (3 of 8), Kafka (3 of 8)

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