Job Description
Plutus is Kronos Research's analytics platform used by traders, researchers, and risk analysts. Plutus helps them embrace a quantitative approach to multi-asset portfolio risk and investment decision-making. The tools in Plutus help investors perform factor-based risk analysis, investment evaluation, and portfolio construction. Your role encompasses a range of tasks, including but not limited to:
- Designing and implementing real-time dashboarding systems, which will enable risk analysts to receive timely alerts regarding unexpected market changes.
- Building investment platforms that empower traders to concentrate on their strategies without being concerned about the underlying technical infrastructure.
- Developing an automated fund-transferring service aimed at optimizing capital efficiency and streamlining the process of fund management.
You should be energized by finding patterns amid chaos, acting on and resolving issues quickly, and enjoy solving business problems through technology.
As a Senior Software Engineer in Plutus, you are responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of all web services for the company. Your role involves actively engaging with traders and risk analysts to gain insights into their requirements. By prioritizing tasks, you focus on implementing features that have the greatest impact. Collaborating with fellow engineers, you facilitate the scrum process to guarantee the delivery of high-quality solutions. It is important to note that although your work may occasionally include frontend development ( 5%), prior experience in this area is not required.
Responsibilities
- Provide guidance on architecture and design, and define processes for launching solutions and features.
- Develop solutions that enable our research and trading team to deploy, configure, and monitor our real-time trading strategies
- Partner with business leaders to define priorities and deliver custom solutions
- Drive the evolution of our investment platform to remove inefficiencies and streamline workflow across teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 1+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Highly proficient programing skills in at least one of the following: Python, Golang, Java, C++
- Proven track record in software design and development
- Excellent analysis / problem solving skills
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks in a demanding and dynamic environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with modern, cloud-based infrastructure technologies like Kubernetes Google Cloud/AWS/Azure, Cloud Functions/AWS Lambda, etc
- Knowledge of browser UI development and Javascript, HTML, and CSS
- 1+ years of technical leadership experience
- Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Top Skills
What We Do
Company Information: Kronos Research is a technology and science-driven trading firm. We risk firm capital, trading a broad range of financial instruments and strategies on global markets. The firm is willing to pursue new ideas and markets with conviction and as such, we have been at the forefront of technology and markets, quickly dominating newer markets such as applying HFT to cryptocurrency trading. Kronos trades on average more than $5 Billion USD / day just in crypto volume alone. Our team has grown quickly from 2 in 2018 to the now 80+ team at our Taipei headquarters and office in Shanghai with more locations on the way. Mission Statement: Together we work on meaningful goals and solve complex problems. Our team is defined by a high-performance culture that values collaboration and meritocracy. We like being challenged and don’t mind putting in the hard work. While the recognition and extremely competitive compensation make it a sweet place to work at, we are united fundamentally by our love and curiosity for innovation in financial markets and technology. The next phase of our company will be about becoming the best place for liquidity and using that position to create positive change. Our ultimate goal is to provide the infrastructure to make investing and trading easier and fairer for people around the world. One day, in any country, people will be able to invest in a Japanese stock, a German hedge fund, or a new cryptocurrency. Check out our current openings on: https://grnh.se/b00d843a3us
