Associate, Offensive Security Engineer (New York or London)

Who We Are:

At Galaxy we are building products and services to help the world invest in economic progress. We believe crypto and blockchain innovations will permeate and improve all aspects of our global economy. Our vision is a society where value and ownership flow as freely as information. Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and individuals access and navigate the crypto economy. As one of the most well-capitalized and trusted companies in the industry, we provide platform solutions custom-made for a digitally native ecosystem across three complementary operating businesses: Global Markets, Asset Management, and Digital Infrastructure Solutions. Our offerings include, amongst others, trading, lending, strategic advisory services, institutional-grade investment solutions across passive, active and venture strategies, proprietary bitcoin mining and hosting services, network validator services, and the development of enterprise custodial technology. Galaxy’s CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz leads a team of crypto enthusiasts, and institutional veterans focused on the future of finance and Web3. The Company is headquartered in New York City, with global across North America, Europe and Asia.

Additional information about the Company's businesses and products is available on www.galaxy.com.

What We Value:

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.

Who You Are:

The Product Security team is looking for an Offensive Security Engineer with knowledge of coding to perform white box scoped internal engagements. The assets to be tested will be about 3/4 web apps and APIs, 1/4 infrastructure. The engineer will use creative adversarial techniques to uncover vulnerabilities in our products, then organize the resulting vulnerabilities to provide full clarity to security and technology peers. The engineer will provide guidance and hands on help to technology peers to remediate the issues.

Our team objective is to ensure a secure-by-design approach to all product development and operations, and we seek a strong testing practice as the final assurance that controls are implemented properly. The type of products build by Galaxy are client facing and internal Web/APIs, blockchain applications, data lakes and integration of advanced trading architectures.
 
As a member of the product security team, the offSec engineer will be in a unique position, working closely with the software engineering, SRE, and security operations teams. 

We are looking for a driven professional, with great communication and organization skills. 

What You’ll Do:

• Plan testing activities, communicate with involved teams (software engineering, SRE, …)
• Use documentation and code base for discovery
• Perform security-focused code reviews
• Perform manual testing of security features such as authentication, authorization
• Perform adversarial tests in an ethical manner using manual and automated techniques, creating a repository of methods and scripts that will be augmented regularly; Provide report of vulnerabilities
• Recommend off-the shelf and specialized testing tools for the firm
• Develop an extensive knowledge of the technical architecture and business functionality of Galaxy products
• Help maintain and address stability of the testing environment
• Be an advocate of security testing to software engineering and product teams, and help them develop a mindset of thinking about adverse scenarios and how a system can be subverted
• Provide guidance to development and SRE teams on the mitigation of vulnerabilities
• Stay informed of the latest developments in adversarial tactics and techniques and application vulnerabilities - especially in financial and digital asset space - and adapt the strategy or tooling to address new threats

What We’re Looking For:

• Security certification in cybersecurity testing (OSWE/OSCP/OSWA/eWPTX/BSCP or equivalent)
• Bachelor or post-graduate diploma in cybersecurity or technology
• 3+ years experience in security research and web penetration testing
• Programming and scripting language experience; Java, C++, Python, or similar languages
• Attention to detail, to be able to plan and execute tests on a wide range of applications
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Ability to think creatively and strategically to identify flaws and vulnerabilities
• Experience with automated security testing such as DAST, SAST, SCA
• Willingness to travel 15% of the time

Bonus Points:

• Cryptocurrency, trading, and derivatives financial products knowledge
• Familiarity with multi-participant approvals such as MPC and multi-signature
  

What We Offer:

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
• Company paid Holidays 
• Company paid sick leave
• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Free virtual coaching sessions through Ginger
• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
• Free daily snacks in-office
• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
• Employee Resource Groups

Apply now and join us on our mission to engineer a new economic paradigm.

Galaxy respects diversity and seeks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants for employment without regard to actual or perceived age, race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital or partnership or caregiver status, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military or veteran status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, or other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete the application process or to participate in an interview, please contact careers@galaxy.com.