Key Responsibilities
- Own the roadmap, prioritization and delivery of Talos's connectivity capabilities, balancing new integrations, client requirements and improvements to existing connections.
- Expand connectivity into new and emerging markets, including prediction markets and tokenized assets, adapting Talos's trading capabilities to different market structures and protocols.
- Drive multiple integration projects end to end, from technical assessment through development, certification and production rollout, coordinating teams, dependencies, timelines and risks to ensure successful delivery.
- Work closely with Engineering to define and enhance connectivity capabilities across order entry, market data, FIX/REST/WebSocket APIs, security master, rate limits, resiliency and performance.
- Ensure connectivity supports Talos trading workflows, including liquidity aggregation, smart order routing, algorithms and other EMS capabilities.
- Build strong technical relationships with exchanges, liquidity providers and other external partners to deliver new capabilities and resolve production issues.
Qualifications & Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in electronic trading, capital markets technology or institutional digital assets, ideally in product management, trading technology or connectivity.
- Understanding of EMS/OEMS workflows, order lifecycle, market data and multi-venue trading.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and drive multiple complex technical projects concurrently, with strong attention to detail, follow-through and ownership.
- Experience with exchange, broker, dealer or liquidity-provider connectivity.
- Working knowledge of FIX and API-based trading protocols, including REST and WebSocket.
- Technical aptitude and comfort working with API documentation, logs, JSON messages and production data.
- Good understanding of trading concepts such as order type, liquidity aggregation, smart order routing, rate limits and execution algorithms.
- Comfortable using SQL for investigation and analysis; scripting experience such as Python is a plus.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with Engineering, clients and external technical partners.
Preferred
- Digital asset experience is beneficial but not required; strong electronic trading experience in FX, equities, futures or other asset classes is highly relevant.
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About Talos
Talos, founded in 2018 in New York by Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman, provides institutional trading infrastructure including order management, portfolio management and request-for-quote connectivity to many exchanges and over-the-counter desks. Its platform centralizes execution, compliance and settlement, serving funds, banks and market makers that route significant monthly volume through a single interface. The system handles algorithmic execution, smart order routing and treasury workflows with low-latency engineering and audited controls. Headquartered in New York with hubs in London, Singapore and Cyprus and a globally distributed team, Talos is backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz and PayPal Ventures. The culture emphasizes reliable operations, execution quality and enabling institutions to trade crypto at scale with professional tooling and dedicated support globally.