Associate, Developer - Risk Engineering
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 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:
The Risk Engineering team plays a critical role in supporting the Risk Management function across all lines of business at Galaxy, including proprietary trading, asset management, market making, among others. The team is currently expanding its footprint by developing new models, processes and applications, primarily using the Beacon Platform.
In this role, you will participate in ongoing development projects as well as play a key role in providing production support to the Risk Management and Trading teams and other internal clients. In addition to working closely with one of the best-known Cryptocurrency desks in the industry, you will have the opportunity to learn all facets of the Crypto, DeFi and Web 3.0 ecosystems, unique financial products like perpetual swaps and a cutting edge technology stack that includes Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Beacon, MongoDb, among others.
What You’ll Do:
- Work closely with risk and business partners to ensure smooth day-to-day operation of risk applications, batch jobs and reporting processes
- Develop and test new infrastructure for data ingestion and quality controls within the Beacon environment
- Assist in the development, testing and documentation of risk and trading applications
- Improve the reliability of critical intraday and overnight batch jobs
- Develop monitoring and reconciliation processes and reports
- Build tools to extract information from DeFi protocols
- Collaborate with the engineering team on a broad array of projects
What We’re Looking For:
- 2+ years of experience in a Developer or DevOps role, preferably in a financial institution
- Degree in computer science, engineering, or another quantitative subject
- Proficiency in Python required
- Familiarity with financial risk and pricing models
- Excellent communication skills
Bonus Points:
- Familiarity with Beacon Platform, SecDb, Athena or Quartz
- Familiarity with Digital Assets and DeFi
- Experience with SQL, relational, and non-relational databases
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary and 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 Ginger
- 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.
The base salary ranges included below will be commensurate with candidate experience, expertise and local market. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise. At Galaxy, we maintain a total compensation philosophy which consists of a competitive base salary, annual bonus, and equity incentives.
Base Salary Range
$140,000—$160,000 USD
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].