Protocol Engineer - Vice President

Job Description

Galaxy is seeking a Protocol Engineer - Vice President to join their Blockchain Engineering Team. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure and systems related to blockchain participation and custody offerings. The Protocol Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement improvements in infrastructure, monitoring, system automation, and incident response.

• Design, build, and maintain blockchain infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Identify and implement infrastructure improvements
• Develop automation scripts and tools
• Debug complex distributed blockchains and protocols
• Implement monitoring and observability tools

Requirements:

• Prior software engineering or application development experience
• Ability to script in Python, Perl, or bash
• Experience with blockchain infrastructure or knowledge of the blockchain domain
• Familiarity with compute-infrastructure systems, tooling, and debugging strategies
• Troubleshooting expertise of complex application flows
• Working knowledge of Linux systems and command-line tooling
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and virtualization technologies
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools
• Conceptual knowledge of security best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills

Galaxy offers:

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
• Competitive paid time off
• Company-paid health and protective benefits
• Free virtual coaching sessions