Forward Deployed Lead
Core
De facto CEO of a pod within Galaxy Edge, owning product direction, technical standards, client relationships, and account growth for institutional digital assets and AI infrastructure.
Role type
Senior IC technical leader (Forward Deployed Lead)
Builds
Institutional digital assets platform (trading, investment banking, asset management, staking, self-custody, tokenization) and data center infrastructure for AI/HPC.
Domain
Finance (Digital Assets/Web3) + Artificial Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | client delivery
Required skills
End-to-end ownership in ambiguous settings, technical depth (shipping production software), commercial instinct, executive presence, founder-grade agency
Preferred skills
Digital assets/blockchain infrastructure experience, Tier-1 financial institution delivery, hands-on LLM/AI agent experience, technical founder background, custody/settlement/trading systems fluency
Technologies
Generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots, blockchain infrastructure, AI agents
Responsibilities
Translate institutional needs into buildable roadmaps and set technical standards, drive commercial growth and convert trust into new engagements, lead discovery from engineers to C-suite, rotate into R&D to lead 0-to-1 product creation, serve as voice of customer to product org, champion AI adoption for team performance
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with executive presence