Software Engineer, Talos

Portfolio Engineering

$160-200k

Salary based on NY applicants only. + This position is eligible for discretionary bonus

SQL

AWS

GCP

Python

Java

NumPy

Pandas

JIRA

Git

WebSocket

Senior level

London

New York

3 days a week in office

Empowering institutions to trade and manage digital assets

Job no longer available

Empowering institutions to trade and manage digital assets

101-200 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyEnterpriseAnalyticsTradingForeign exchangeSaaSAPICapital Markets

Job no longer available

$160-200k

Salary based on NY applicants only. + This position is eligible for discretionary bonus

SQL

AWS

GCP

Python

Java

NumPy

Pandas

JIRA

Git

WebSocket

Senior level

London

New York

3 days a week in office

101-200 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyEnterpriseAnalyticsTradingForeign exchangeSaaSAPICapital Markets

Company mission

Talos provides institutional-grade technology that supports the full digital asset investment lifecycle, including liquidity sourcing, price discovery, trading, settlement and portfolio management.

Job

Company

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 the company is developing an entirely new asset class market, progress is accelerated, and competition may have a chance to overtake.

Promising for Talos was the interest of prominent investors, including PayPal and Fidelity, during their Series A and B funding rounds. The funds were used to create an institutional-grade service that would help shape and spearhead this developing market. More recently, the company has formed several significant partnerships, including with BlackRock, and acquired D3X Systems, the integration of which will enable its clients to design, validate, implement, and manage highly customised portfolios.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

62% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.9)

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
Flexible working
Global offsites and team outings

Company HQ

Fitzrovia, London

Articles

Talos Co-founders Sees Crypto Bouncing Back Stronger

Talos bet its future on becoming an indispensable crypto toolkit for traditional Wall Street

BCB Group Partners With Talos to Address Demand for Infrastructure in Crypto and FX

Bybit and Talos Enter Partnership to Expand Digital Assets Trading for Institutional Clients

Trading Platform Talos Adds Crypto Market Liquidity in Tie-Up With Keyrock

Talos and Coinbase Institutional Establish Integration

Talos Acquires D3X Systems to Expand Pre-Trade Capabilities into Portfolio Engineering

Crossover Markets Becomes First Crypto ECN to Integrate with Talos

Crossover Markets Reportedly Becomes First Crypto ECN to Integrate with Talos

Talos Acquires Skolem to Connect Institutions to DeFi

Talos Integrates OEMS with BlackRock's Aladdin® Platform

Talos raises $40 million to build out institutional-grade crypto trading platform

Leadership

Anton Katz

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Anton Katz is CEO of Talos. He previously led trading technology at AQR, held senior roles at Broadway Technology, began his career at Microsoft, and holds a CS degree from MIT.

Ethan Feldman

(CO-Founder & CTO)

Ethan Feldman is CTO of Talos. He previously spent a decade at Broadway Technology, began his career at Microsoft, and holds undergraduate and graduate CS degrees from Cornell.

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