Senior Product Manager - Trading Connectivity

Talos: 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 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 every member of our team brings invaluable insights and abilities that drive Talos forward. In our pursuit of excellence, we foster a culture of trust, integrity, collaboration, and mutual growth.

We are a tight-knit yet globally distributed team of highly experienced engineers and business leaders, with hubs in New York, London, Singapore, and Cyprus. Whether in-office or remote, you’ll be part of a hybrid-friendly environment where your unique talents and insights will play a crucial role in building something extraordinary.

Senior Product Manager, Trading Connectivity

We are seeking a technically strong Senior Product Manager to own and evolve Talos’s connectivity across the institutional trading lifecycle. You’ll help expand institutional access to a rapidly evolving trading ecosystem, from traditional exchanges and liquidity providers to emerging markets such as prediction markets, tokenized assets and decentralized trading protocols. The role will primarily focus on trading connectivity, with opportunities to support integrations across clearing, custody and other market infrastructure.

You will work closely with Engineering, Sales, clients and external partners to bring new trading venues and capabilities onto the Talos platform, while continuously improving the performance, reliability and functionality of existing integrations. You’ll work at the intersection of electronic trading, technology and product delivery, tackling the technical and market-structure challenges of connecting institutional trading systems to an increasingly diverse set of markets.

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

• 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.

Check out these videos and links to learn more about Talos and our culture!

• Spotlight Article: Talos Snapshot by DRW

• Podcast: 2023 episode with co-founders Anton & Ethan

• Website: Explore Talos: Products, Investors, Team & More

• Case Studies: Real world examples of client solutions

• Awards: Talos Wins Hedgeweek Global Digital Assets Award 2024

• Culture: Award-winning, Forbes-listed, low-attrition team

Andreessen Horowitz re: Talos: "The company best suited to drive institutional adoption is one that understands traditional capital markets deeply and is forward-thinking enough to fully grasp the promise of crypto. Talos is that company."

Benefits

You will also enjoy a comprehensive array of competitive benefits, regardless of your location, within our warm, welcoming, and ambitious company culture. Some of our benefits include:

• Retirement plan contributions

• Unlimited Vacation + a PTO bonus: Employees that take 15 days of vacation, with 5 days being consecutive, receive a $2000 USD bonus.

• Bonus and stock ownership

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid parental leave for 20 weeks, after 1 year of service

• Global offsites and team outings

• A one-time stipend towards at-home office set-up for all employees

• A wellness credit of $50 accrued monthly, to go towards things like gym memberships, ski-passes, and work out classes.

• A lunch credit of $25 USD towards lunches for days in-office

• Donation matching up to $100 USD annually

• Other in-office perks: Catered lunches on Tuesdays, snacks, and drinks

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].

To protect the interests of all parties, Talos Trading, LLC and its affiliates (“Talos”) strongly discourage submission of unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.

Talos will NOT pay fees, commissions or compensation of any kind (“Fees”) for any placement or hire resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Talos will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees and Talos reserves the right to contact, interview, and hire the candidate directly.

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