Software Engineer - Tokenization
Talos provides institutional-grade technology and data for trading and managing digital assets across the full investment lifecycle.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
Funding history
About Talos
Talos is an active institutional digital-asset trading and investment-management technology company. Its platform supports liquidity sourcing, price discovery, trading and execution, settlement, portfolio management, and post-trade analytics through a unified interface. Talos was founded in 2018, launched its live platform in August 2019, and acquired Coin Metrics in 2025.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design, develop, and maintain backend services supporting tokenization and related trading workflows, build and optimize high-performance distributed systems, and design and implement REST, gRPC, and WebSocket APIs. You will lead integration efforts with third-party platforms, custodians, and trading venues, and participate in the full development lifecycle from design and implementation to testing and deployment. You will contribute to system architecture decisions that ensure enterprise-grade reliability and scalability.
Requirements
- 3+ years of backend engineering experience in Go, Java, or C++
- Strong expertise building and operating large-scale backend systems
- Experience developing enterprise-grade software with strict correctness and reliability requirements
- Proven experience designing and integrating REST, gRPC, or WebSocket APIs
- Strong understanding of performance optimization, concurrency, and distributed system design
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services supporting tokenization and related trading workflows
- Build and optimize high-performance, scalable, and secure distributed systems
- Design and implement REST, gRPC, and WebSocket APIs for internal and external integrations
- Lead integration efforts with third-party platforms, custodians, and trading venues
- Contribute to system architecture decisions to support enterprise-grade reliability and scalability
- Participate in the full development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production monitoring
Benefits
- Retirement plan contributions
- Unlimited vacation with a PTO bonus for qualifying time off
- 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
- One-time at-home office set-up stipend
- Monthly wellness credit
- In-office lunch credit
- Annual donation matching
- In-office perks including catered lunches, snacks, and drinks
