Description:

Databento is a startup that builds modern APIs to access financial data.
The company has raised nearly $30M to date and has experienced over 958% year-over-year revenue growth in the past year.
The team consists of fewer than 30 employees.
The position is for a junior software engineer, equivalent to L3 to L4 at a large tech firm, to join the core engineering team.
The core engineering team is responsible for C/C++ and Rust programming and the most performance-sensitive parts of the codebase.
The engineer will work with almost 20 PB of data and have access to thousands of bare metal CPU cores.
Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance server applications in C/C++ and Rust, writing message parsers and feed handlers for market data feeds, optimizing the codebase for high throughput and low latency, implementing tools for data processing, collaborating with the systems team on best practices, monitoring application uptime, and ensuring smooth feature rollouts.

Requirements:

Candidates should have prior internship experience or 1 to 3 years of full-time software engineering experience, preferably at a trading firm, tech company, or high-growth startup.
Strong proficiency in C/C++ or Rust is required.
Knowledge of systems programming, algorithms, data structures, multithreading, networked I/O, serialization, CPU architecture, kernel, and compilers is necessary.
Experience working in multiprocess environments is preferred.
Candidates should be comfortable using lldb/gdb.
Good communication skills and a strong work ethic for a remote workplace are essential.
An interest in low-level optimization and performance engineering is desired.
An interest in financial data or algorithmic trading is a plus.

Databento offers health, dental, disability, and life insurance benefits.
The company provides 401(k) matching for full-time employees.
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.