VP, Senior Blockchain Security Engineer

Who You Are

Galaxy is seeking a Senior Blockchain Security Engineer with expertise in securing smart contracts, blockchain protocols, and supporting applications and infrastructure. This is a hands-on individual contributor role based in India, with a strong focus on identifying and mitigating security risks across on-chain systems. The engineer will participate in assessments of blockchain architectures and smart contracts, followed by the facilitation and/or implementation of remediations.

The engineer will work closely with Engineering, Product, Protocol, and Infrastructure teams to design and deliver secure software solutions at a rapid growth company.

What You Do

• Participate in secure software design, architecture, threat modeling, and code reviews for blockchain and on-chain systems.
• Perform security reviews and audits of smart contracts, including Solidity/EVM and Rust/Solana-based applications.
• Assist teams with the mitigation of findings by assessing impact, proposing solutions, and providing technical guidance for implementation.
• Assess blockchain-specific risks including smart contract vulnerabilities, protocol design flaws, and transaction security.
• Develop secure design patterns, reusable security controls, and tooling for blockchain applications and supporting infrastructure.
• Research emerging blockchain threats and mitigations, and leverage modern security and AI-assisted tooling to improve vulnerability discovery and code review.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in security engineering, product/application security, blockchain security, or software development of security features.
• Strong hands-on experience with blockchain technologies and smart contract security, including Solidity/EVM and/or Rust/Solana, secure coding, and in-depth code review.
• Strong hands-on experience with blockchain technologies and smart contract security, including Solidity/EVM and/or Rust/Solana, secure coding, and in-depth code review.
• Experience with secure SDLC practices and security testing techniques such as static analysis, dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, and fuzzing.
• Strong familiarity with several of the following topics: key management, authentication and authorization, TLS and PKI, cloud security, container and Kubernetes security, infrastructure security, and network security.
• Strong analysis skills, detail oriented, collaborative and solution-driven, with strong verbal and written communication skills.

Bonus points:

• Direct exposure to liquid staking, tokenized assets, or similar digital asset protocols and architectures.
• Published material on vulnerabilities/security bugs or meaningful security contributions within the Web3 community.
• Familiarity with DeFi protocol security, MPC, multi-signature systems, key management, and custody architectures.

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

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.