Senior Backend Developer (Vice President)

• You’ll design and build backend systems powering blockchain infrastructure and staking products across Galaxy — spanning Ethereum-based systems, staking infrastructure (native and liquid), and blockchain data systems and APIs. Liquid Collective is one of several key initiatives you’ll contribute to
• This is a hands-on role with significant ownership and influence. You’ll play a key part in shaping architecture, development practices, and engineering culture — not just building features, but raising the bar on how the team works
• You’ll own systems end-to-end, from architecture through to observability, and you’ll operate in a spec-first development environment that increasingly leverages AI-assisted workflows
• Typical time allocation: roughly 60% building systems and features, 20% code review and mentorship, 20% design, architecture, and product collaboration
• Build and own backend systems
• Design and build APIs, services, Ethereum data pipelines and indexers, staking and validator infrastructure integrations, and monitoring and operational tooling
• Own system design end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and observability
• Work across the Ethereum stack, integrating with both execution layer and consensus layer clients
• Contribute to Liquid Collective alongside other staking and blockchain infrastructure projects across Galaxy
• Define and uphold engineering standards
• Set and maintain the bar on API design, testing strategies for distributed systems, reliability and fault tolerance, and security and key management practices
• Operate in a spec-first development environment — translate product and protocol requirements into clear technical specs before building
• Leverage AI-assisted development workflows (e.g. Claude Code) and work with emerging paradigms like MCP (Model Context Protocol) and agent-based tooling
• Collaborate and contribute to engineering culture
• Work cross-functionally with protocol, product, and infrastructure teams
• Mentor engineers through code review, design feedback, and raising the overall quality of what the team ships
• Contribute to how the team evolves its practices — not just executing within the current system, but improving it
• Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team 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

Benefits

• Equity Exposure for All Employees - Through broad and meaningful equity participation, we desire to have our employees work collaboratively and act as long-term shareholders
• 401(k) Contributions- Galaxy offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a 3% employer contribution and access to both Traditional and Roth options (US-only)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave - You decide how many paid vacation and personal days off you want. Paid Parental Leave is available to give new parents the opportunity to care for and bond with their new child
• Full Paid Health Benefits - Company-paid health insurance for employees, partners, and other dependents, effective as of your start date
• Perks at Work - Galaxy provides various crypto education opportunities, a free Peloton membership with insurance, after-hours car service reimbursements, and more
• Employee Assistance Program - Confidential, 24/7 access to mental healthcare with a licensed therapist or psychiatrist. Benefits include 8 free video sessions per person, per year, for employees and any of their dependents age 18+- Strong testing practices for complex and stateful systems
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• High agency, low ego — you own your work end-to-end and hold yourself accountable for quality
• Experience working in remote, asynchronous teams
• Strong experience building backend systems in Golang
• Deep understanding of distributed systems. Experience working with blockchain systems, preferably Ethereum — including familiarity with execution vs consensus layers, node operation, and data flow
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps (e.g. Flux)
• Hands-on experience with Ethereum nodes (execution and/or consensus clients) or validator and staking infrastructure
• Experience building blockchain indexers, data pipelines, dApps, or smart contracts (Solidity)
• Understanding of proof-of-stake mechanisms
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows: spec-driven development, code generation tools, MCP, or agent-based paradigms
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Experience with Rust