Head of Market Data Development and Engineering

About Galaxy Galaxy is a digital assets and AI infrastructure company, building and investing across the two forces reshaping the economy: finance moving onchain, and the compute that powers AI. Our digital assets platform offers institutional access to trading, advisory, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization technology. Alongside this, we develop and operate data center infrastructure that powers AI and high-performance computing, working to meet the growing demand for scalable energy and compute in the U.S. Galaxy 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 Disclaimer: hubs.li/Q022Cvpy0

Galaxy

Galaxy (Nasdaq: GLXY) is a global leader in digital assets and AI infrastructure: We grow the economy that runs on code.

CryptoDigital Assetsand Blockchain Technology

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galaxy.com

501-1,000 employees

Financial Services

New York, NY

2018

Public Company

74k LinkedIn followers

Raised $8.7B

• 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.
• Define and execute a unified market data strategy across centralized crypto
• exchanges (CEX), decentralized venues (DEX), and traditional markets
• Design scalable, low-latency data architecture supporting tick-level, order
• book, and on-chain data
• Evaluate build vs. buy decisions for internal data platforms vs. external
• providers
• Lead a small team of developers and be hands on yourself in Java
• Design and build a Java based Market Data API to front all data sources
• including custom feedhandlers, vendor platforms, Kdb+, and DataBricks
• Manage the Market data messaging bus used by all internal applications in
• the firm
• Build relationships with crypto exchanges (e.g., Binance, Coinbase,
• Deribit, OKX), data aggregators, and node providers
• Assist our vendor management team with commercial negotiations, licensing,
• and exchange agreements across both crypto and traditional markets
• Ensure high-quality, normalized datasets across fragmented crypto venues
• (symbol mapping, schema standardization, latency benchmarking)
• Oversee ingestion of real-time order book data, trades, reference data,
• funding rates, and on-chain metrics
• Establish monitoring and alerting frameworks for data integrity and
• completeness
• Manage and optimize the global market data budget across crypto and
• traditional vendors
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through vendor consolidation, direct
• exchange connectivity, and internal data solutions
• Implement usage tracking and chargeback models where appropriate
• Partner with infrastructure teams to build the pipes necessary to bring in
• market data
• Support hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud) and ensure resilience,
• redundancy, and scalability
• Enable data access for research, backtesting, and production trading
• systems
• Ensure compliance with exchange licensing, redistribution rules, and
• evolving crypto regulatory frameworks
• Implement entitlement controls, audit trails, and governance policies
• across all data usage
• Work closely with trading, quant research, risk, and portfolio management
• teams to deliver data solutions
• Support onboarding of new exchanges, instruments (perpetuals, options), and
• strategies
• Act as the firm’s subject matter expert on both crypto and cross-asset
• market data
• Build and lead a high-performing development team
• Establish best practices for market data onboarding, validation, and
• lifecycle management
• Foster a culture of innovation, automation, and operational excellence
• performance and business outcomes.
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots)
• to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your
• day-to-day work.

Required

• We are seeking an experienced Head of Market Data Development and Engineering to
• lead the development, delivery, acquisition, governance, and optimization of
• market data for both digital and traditional assets across the firm.
• high-quality, cost-effective, performant, and compliant data services that power
• trading, research, and risk systems.
• You’ll work closely with trading teams, stakeholders, and external partners to
• deliver critical initiatives that drive our business forward. If you’re a
• natural problem-solver with a passion for hands-on technical development in a
• global, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.
• platforms within a trading firm, hedge fund, or financial institution
• Knowledge of key market data vendors, exchanges, and licensing models
• Strong understanding of trading workflows, asset classes (equities, futures,
• options, FX, fixed income), and data types (real-time, reference, historical)
• Experience with low-latency data systems, market data feeds, APIs, and
• streaming technologies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and
• business stakeholders

Preferred

• Familiarity with on-chain data, blockchain nodes, and crypto data providers

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
• Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements
• Flexible Time Off (paid)
• 3% 401(k) company contribution
• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and
• other dependents
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
• Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
• Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace
• 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
• $220,000—$250,000 USD
• Galaxy respects diversity and seeks to provide equal employment opportunities to