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VP, DeFi Execution Trader

Galaxy

$180,000 - $220,000
Sep 30, 2025
New York, NY, US
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Galaxy is seeking a Vice President to identify, evaluate, and manage on-chain opportunities within digital asset investment, aiming to shape the firm's strategy for capital deployment in on-chain ecosystems and deliver robust, risk-adjusted returns.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of DeFi, on-chain analytics, and blockchain infrastructure.
  • Direct experience interacting with wallets, smart contracts, and permissionless protocols.
  • Proficiency with tools such as Dune Analytics, Nansen, DefiLlama, or similar.
  • Demonstrated ability to assess smart contract and platform risk.
  • Experience managing or contributing to DAO proposals or governance.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and optimize digital asset portfolios, with a focus on yield generation and capital preservation.
  • Evaluate and deploy capital across a range of on-chain opportunities, including staking, lending, and yield farming strategies.
  • Interact with smart contracts and DeFi protocols across leading blockchains such as Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and others.
  • Assess and monitor smart contract risk, utilizing secure frameworks and due diligence practices when engaging with new protocols.
  • Identify and vet new DeFi platforms or yield opportunities, including early-stage protocols and incentive mechanisms.
  • Collaborate with internal risk, operations, and compliance teams to ensure safe and compliant deployment of capital.
  • Stay up-to-date with the rapidly evolving crypto and DeFi landscape, including governance, tokenomics, and security trends.

Other

  • 4–8+ years of experience in asset management, hedge funds, crypto investing, or blockchain research.
  • Passion for crypto markets, decentralization, and financial innovation.
  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields preferred.
  • Seeking a dynamic and strategically minded Vice President to play a critical leadership role.
  • Act as a key decision-maker and thought leader, driving the firm's engagement with emerging technologies and participating in due diligence processes.