VP, Senior Backend Developer - Blockchain Infrastructure

London, England. Posted 5 months ago

The role

You will design and build backend systems powering blockchain infrastructure and staking products. This includes Ethereum-based systems, staking infrastructure, and blockchain data systems and APIs.

What you will do

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
Define and uphold engineering standards
Set and maintain the bar on API design, testing strategies, reliability, fault tolerance, security and key management practices
Operate in a spec-first development environment
Leverage AI-assisted development workflows
Mentor engineers through code review, design feedback, and raising the overall quality of what the team ships

Required qualifications

7 + years of professional software engineering experience
Strong experience building backend systems in Golang
Deep understanding of distributed systems
Experience working with blockchain systems, preferably Ethereum
Experience with cloud-native infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps (e.g. Flux)
Strong testing practices for complex and stateful systems
Experience working in remote, asynchronous teams
High agency, low ego

Nice to have

Hands-on experience with Ethereum nodes (execution and/or consensus clients) or validator and staking infrastructure
Understanding of proof-of-stake mechanisms
Experience building blockchain indexers, data pipelines, dApps, or smart contracts (Solidity)
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

Benefits

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
Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
Employee Resource Groups
Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace

About the company

Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure. The company delivers onchain infrastructure that connects institutions to digital assets and develops data center infrastructure to power AI and HPC workloads.