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title: 'Messaging and Risk Software Developer at Tanius Technology'
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# Messaging and Risk Software Developer at Tanius Technology

- **Company:** Tanius Technology
- **Location:** Alamo, CA
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2024-09-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tanius/jobs/7628522002

## Job description

This is a role to work on our high frequency messaging backend for risk management. This will be a primarily C/C++ role where you will be responsible for all parts of the stack from the backend to the C++ GUI front end.

Challenges will be talking with 1000s of clients each reporting 1000s of messages a seconds, and building the message routing, replay and discovery system. Then taking this data and making it presentable to users.

Because you work alongside the people using the systems you build, it’s easy to get feedback. You’ll quickly see the impact of your code and how it improves people’s daily work. This also means that the development team enjoys great flexibility when planning roadmaps and deciding which features to implement.

Desired Skills and Requirements

- BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
- Proficient in C/C++
- 0-5 years professional experience, but at least 5 years experience programming.
- Comfortable in Linux
- Interest in finance / machine learning / big data and/or robotics are pluses
- Remote available if experienced, onsite in alamo, ca required if junior

We will provide a lot of on the job training with projects tailored to your skill set.

## About Tanius Technology

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tanius Technology is a proprietary trading firm that applies machine learning and large-scale algorithmic trading across fixed income, oil futures, precious metals, equity indexes, and other electronic markets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; no disclosed funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Alamo, California, USA (with offices in New York, London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Naples, FL)
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Karl Schulze (technology background) and Gary Middlemiss (math and finance background)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Algorithmic / high-frequency proprietary trading
- **Target customers**: The firm trades for its own account (no external clients); employees are traders, quantitative researchers, and software developers
- **Mission / purpose**: To build and implement successful automated trading strategies through a collaborative, technology-driven culture

## Products & Services
Tanius Technology does not sell external products; its offerings are internal trading systems:
- **Proprietary Trading Strategies**: Machine-learning-driven algorithms executed across multiple asset classes (fixed income, oil futures, precious metals, equity indexes)
- **Trading & Research Platform**: A comprehensive internal system that allows traders to quickly build and deploy ideas to target markets

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Not disclosed (as a private proprietary firm, revenue and funding are not reported)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: None (self-funded)
- **Growth Signals**: Active hiring across multiple locations (8 open roles on Greenhouse as of mid-2026); presence in five cities including London; emphasis on expanding quantitative research and software development teams

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep integration of machine learning and large-scale automated trading across diverse markets
- Collaborative, team-oriented culture that enables rapid iteration from idea to production
- Long track record (founded 2008) with a technology-first foundation

## Strategic Focus
- Continued expansion of automated trading strategies and markets
- Recruiting top-tier developers, quantitative researchers, and traders to maintain a competitive edge
- Fostering a flat, high-trust environment where employees take high-impact ownership quickly

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, upbeat, and open; employees are trusted to work at their own pace within reason and are encouraged to work together to maximize performance
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/remote options available for some roles (e.g., Senior PM/Trader/Quant listed as remote); offices in Alamo, CA (HQ), New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and London
- **Engineering & Research Focus**: Strong emphasis on technology – “Technology is the foundation” – with new hires quickly taking on high-impact projects
- **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the culture emphasizes teamwork, autonomy, and intellectual challenge

## Sources
1. [tanius.com](https://www.tanius.com/) – Company overview, locations, and description
2. [tanius.com/about-us](https://www.tanius.com/about-us) – Founders, founding year, and technology focus
3. [tanius.com/culture](https://www.tanius.com/culture) – Culture description, collaborative environment
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/tanius](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tanius) – Current job openings, remote option, and firm description

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