Databento

Databento

Software Engineer (TypeScript/JavaScript)

Remote / Boston / Salt Lake City / San Francisco / New York

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 hours ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonRustReactReduxViteNode.jsFull-Stack DevelopmentCI/CDAPI DevelopmentRESTFigmaDesign SystemsRecruitingResearchCommunication

About the role

  • The company provides real-time and historical data across futures, options, and equities through a unified API.
  • This role is primarily focused on TypeScript/JavaScript, with some full-stack/Python work as well.
  • Notice about phishing scams Be cautious of phishing scams impersonating Databento that offer fake job interviews and request purchases.

Responsibilities

  • Own, build, and maintain our JavaScript client library, ensuring it is robust, well-tested, and easy for external users to integrate with.
  • Build responsive, performant front-end applications using React, Redux, Vite, Web Workers, and WebSockets.
  • Contribute to full-stack projects, including backend work in Python (or Rust), REST API design, and database/migration work.
  • Work between design and engineering teams to translate designs (e.g. Figma handoffs) into production-ready components and design systems.
  • Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including publishing to npm.
  • Document components using Storybook or similar tooling.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure smooth feature rollouts and updates.
  • Experience working between high-performing design and engineering teams, including production-ready design systems and tools (e.g. Figma handoffs).
  • Hands-on backend experience building APIs, working with databases, and migrations.

Requirements

  • Proficiency with React, Redux, Vite, Web Workers, and WebSockets.
  • Full-stack experience with backends in Python or Rust, including REST API design.

Nice to have

  • Preferred background

Compensation

  • This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Company info

  • The financial industry is growing at a record pace, but our data providers are still stuck in the past - with cumbersome onboarding processes, complicated APIs, slow infrastructure, and expensive licensing costs.
  • Databento is the market data platform for modern finance.

Equal opportunity

  • If you need an accommodation, please let us know.

This listing is sourced directly from Databento's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.