Institutional Fabric for the Digital Asset Market

Founded in 2018, Talos provides institutional-grade trading technology for the global digital asset market, powering many of the major players in the crypto ecosystem.  

Our mission at Talos is clear: to advance the mass adoption of digital assets by seamlessly connecting institutions to the digital asset ecosystem. We are committed to building the most innovative and trusted platform in the world, supporting the entire trading lifecycle.

At Talos, you'll find an environment that champions kindness and respect, values diverse perspectives, and upholds inclusivity at every turn. We believe that every member of our team adds invaluable insights and abilities that drive Talos forward. In our pursuit of excellence, we foster a culture of trust and integrity, collaboration, and mutual growth. Together, we are ambitiously building something extraordinary. Your unique talents and insights will play a crucial role in our shared success.

We are a tight-knit but decentralized team of highly-experienced engineers and businesspeople. We have a hybrid-friendly work environment, with physical hubs in New York, London, Singapore, Sweden and Cyprus.

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities and Duties

• 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. 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).

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits 

You will also enjoy a comprehensive array of competitive benefits, regardless of your location, within our warm, welcoming, and ambitious company culture. Our offerings include a monthly wellness credit for personal use, such as gym memberships, massages, or even a ski pass for your next holiday. Additionally, we provide paid lunches in the office, monthly fitness and evening socials to foster connections with colleagues, and annual offsite events to engage with the wider team.

In New York City, the annual base compensation range is $160,000 - $200,000. This position is eligible for discretionary bonus.

Get In Touch!

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Talos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.  Talos is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.  If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at careers@talos.com.

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