Remote API Platform Engineer (Python)

Description:

• Databento is a startup that builds modern APIs to get financial data.
• The company has raised nearly $30M to date and has grown revenues by over 980% Y/Y in the past year with a team of fewer than 30 employees.
• The role is for a software engineer focused on backend development and product engineering, with optional frontend responsibilities.
• This is a remote position, and the company is open to hiring from a broad range of experience levels, equivalent to L3 to L6 at a large tech firm.
• The position offers the opportunity to have an outsized impact on the company's trajectory.
• Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining scalable APIs and backend services in Python and FastAPI, collaborating with product designers and frontend engineers, managing database schema changes, implementing best practices for build and deployment, improving application performance, and ensuring smooth feature rollouts.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have at least 1 year of full-time software engineering experience, preferably at a tech company, high-growth startup, or fintech firm with a large-scale web application.
• Strong proficiency in Python is required.
• Experience with modern web APIs (e.g., REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, HTTP/3) and web development frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Django) is necessary.
• Candidates should have experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, Vitess) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Clickhouse).
• Practical experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes) is required.
• Candidates should have practical experience with deployment pipelines, including zero-downtime deployment, A/B/multivariate testing, and feature flags.
• Good communication skills and a strong work ethic for a collaborative remote environment are essential.
• Nice to have: Experience with frontend development (JavaScript, HTML/CSS, React SPAs, Next.js, Astro, Tailwind CSS) and an interest in financial data or algorithmic trading.

Benefits:

• Databento offers health, dental, disability, and life insurance benefits for full-time employees.
• The company provides 401(k) matching.
• Visa sponsorships are available for full-time employees.
• The position accommodates 100% remote work, allowing teammates to live around the globe and be paid in their local currency.