Frontend Developer, New York

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.

We’re Hiring: Front-End Software Engineer

Talos operates at the intersection of crypto and capital markets. We build high-performance reactive systems and deliver solutions quickly to keep pace with the changing digital assets space. As a Front End Software Engineer at Talos, you’ll work with the team to develop Talos’s  industry leading trading, portfolio, analytics, brokerage and settlement screens. Our platform is built from the ground up to handle the unique challenges of the digital asset market. Responsibilities include designing and building highly reactive, high performance institutional grade trading interfaces and analytics dashboards.

We look for engineers that can take responsibility for ownership of the full development lifecycle, all the way from product, design, and implementation, to testing, deployment and monitoring. The team is made up of engineers that know building great systems includes the time needed for non-functional requirements like safety, security and performance. We value strong communication skills, a passion for UI development and the ability to get things done in a collaborative environment. Experience building trading systems for traditional markets is preferred but not required.

Want to learn more about Talos’s engineering culture? Check out Sonic, our first open-source project which allows Talos to achieve microsecond network stack latency in Go: https://github.com/talostrading/sonic

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, implement, test and deploy high performance trading and analytics UIs 

• Full ownership of features all the way through to production

• Work closely with our product team to understand the full end to end user experience

• Understand the business domain to help drive our product in the digital asset ecosystem

• Be part of an open and transparent culture as we grow the team

Qualifications

• 1-3  years of software engineering experience in Typescript

• Experience with a SPA framework is required. We use React and are open to Vue, Angular or equivalent experience

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science

• Excellent software engineering and problem solving skills

• Track record of building responsive user interfaces. Strong design skills are a plus but not required

• Experience in either crypto or finance, or a strong desire to learn

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits 

You will also enjoy a comprehensive array of competitive benefits, regardless of your location, within our warm, welcoming, and ambitious company culture. We provide paid lunches in the office, monthly fitness and evening socials to foster connections with colleagues, and other events to engage with the wider team.

Get In Touch!

Sounds compelling?  We’d love to hear from you.  Contact us directly.

Also, check out other open positions listed on our website.

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 [email protected].
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