Software Engineer, Talos Trading
Portfolio Engineering
$160-200k
Salary based on NY applicants only. + This position is eligible for discretionary bonus
Institutional digital asset trading infrastructure
Open for applications
Institutional digital asset trading infrastructure
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$160-200k
Salary based on NY applicants only. + This position is eligible for discretionary bonus
101-200 employees
Company mission
To be the bridge connecting institutions to the digital assets market, and to deliver the most pioneering and trusted end-to-end trading lifecycle platform there is.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with optimization is not required but would be a big plus, as are core statistical competencies around regression analysis (OLS, GLS, WLS), principal component analysis (PCA) and time-series analysis (ARIMA etc)
- 5+ years experience with Java based technologies and frameworks
- Python data-science experience desirable (numpy, pandas)
- Solid understanding of Java concurrency and high-throughput design
- Solid understanding of distributed system architectures
- Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and tools (Git, Jira)
- Experience developing REST based and Websocket protocols
- Familiarity with cloud technologies from AWS or GCP is desirable
- Sold experience working with and interfacing to SQL databases
- Understanding of statistical regression (OLS, GLS, WLS) is desirable
- Familiarity with constraint based optimization concepts is desirable
What the job involves
- The Portfolio Engineering team at Talos is focused on developing world class technology to enable investors to design, validate and implement systematic investment strategies
- The team focuses on a number of core capabilities in portfolio construction such as a strategy backtester, a portfolio optimizer, a portfolio rebalancer, risk models and risk & return attribution reporting
- The Talos Portfolio Engineering platform deeply integrates with our OEMS to provide world class trading and execution capabilities, providing investors with a full suite of tools to deploy innovative investment strategies at scale
- While the platform is already very capable, we continue to invest heavily to add both new and enhanced capabilities in order to support the requirements of the fast evolving market in cryptocurrency investing
- Your primary responsibility will be to develop enhancements and new features within the Talos Portfolio Engineering platform, which could involve the backtester, optimizer, rebalancer and the reporting engine
- You will generally be involved in the full life cycle of the development process, including requirements gathering, writing design briefs, implementing and testing solutions, and writing supporting documentation for both end-users and internal client success teams
- The primary backend technologies used by the Portfolio Engineering team are Java (80%) and Python (20%) using cloud native technologies across both AWS and GCP
- Given the breadth of capabilities of the Talos Portfolio Engineering platform, you will get exposure to many facets of the stack, enhancing existing capabilities as well as developing entirely new features
Our take
So far, the increasing institutional interest in the value of crypto-assets has been stymied by a lack of scaled, efficient, and secure infrastructure that these institutions could use for trade. Talos addresses the problem of digital asset trading between institutions, helping them to securely sidestep these obstacles into a fresh market with potentially huge returns.
The company provides a range of end-to-end, highly configurable tools to populate and facilitate the institutional crypto-asset market from just one platform. Talos' approach is helping to lower the bar for wide-ranging adoption of cryptocurrency, supporting the full lifespan of digital assets trading. That said, because they’re developing the market of an entirely new asset-class, progress is accelerated and competition may have a chance to overtake.
Promising for Talos was the interest of prominent investors like PayPal and Fidelity during their Series A funding round, with the funds being used to create an institutional-grade service to help them both shape and spearhead this developing market. More recently, the company has made a number of significant partnerships, and also acquired D3X Systems, the integration of which will allow its clients to design, validate, implement and manage highly customized portfolios.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
62% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2022
$105m
SERIES B
May 2021
$40m
SERIES A
Total funding: $151m
Company benefits
- Pension
- Bonus and stock ownership plan
- Medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Paid parental leave
- Remote and flexible working
- Global offsites and team outings
Company values
- Out-of-the-box thinking - We look for entrepreneurial, non-linear thinkers who are passionate about their work and can imagine creative, groundbreaking solutions. After all, we’re seeking to reshape an industry
- Ideas over egos - We take a collaborative and systematic approach to problem solving. Everyone’s voice is heard and appreciated, and everyone is expected to make an impact. New ideas and rigorous debate are commonplace
- Decentralized but tight-knit - Crypto is geographically distributed – and so are we. But we’re close-knit and our doors (real-life and Zoom-life) are always open. Our teams operate with flexibility and autonomy
Company HQ
West Village, New York, NY
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Leadership
Anton Katz
(CEO)Having served in the Israeli Defense Forces for 3 years, Anton worked at Microsoft in Program Management for almost 2 years and Broadway Technology for a further 6. In September 2018, he left his role as Head of Trading Technology at AQR Capital Management to co-found Talos Trading.
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