Databento
Software Engineer (C++/C#)
Remote / Boston / Salt Lake City / San Francisco / New York · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$250kDetected 10 days ago
JavaC++C#CData StructuresAlgorithmsRecruitingResearchCommunication
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About the role
- The company provides real-time and historical data across futures, options, and equities through a unified API.
- You'll be responsible for implementing and maintaining our C# client library, and also working alongside our core engineering team on the most performance-sensitive parts of our codebase.
- We accommodate 100% remote work, with teammates living around the globe and paid in their local currency.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain our C# client library, ensuring it is robust, well-tested, and easy for external users to integrate with.
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance server applications in C++.
- Optimize existing codebase for high throughput (millions of messages per second, up to 40+ gigabits) and low latency (measured in nanoseconds).
- Implement tools and libraries for petabyte-scale data processing and analysis.
- Collaborate with the systems team to implement best practices for build, deployment, CI/CD.
- Implement monitoring and improve application uptime.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in both C++ and C#.
Nice to have
- Preferred background
- Experience with Java is a plus.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this role is $150,000-$250,000, benchmarked to Tier 1 locations in each country.
Benefits
- We offer health, dental, disability, and life insurance benefits, as well as 401(k) matching for full-time employees.
- Total compensation may also include bonuses, commissions, and equity, depending on the role.
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.
- By owning the entire market data stack end-to-end, Databento is the first platform of its kind to combine the performance and reliability demanded by the world's leading trading firms with a dramatically simpler developer experience.
- Our team includes alumni of Two Sigma, Citadel Securities, Flow Traders, Tower Research, PDT Partners, SIG, and other top quantitative firms.
- We're looking for a midlevel or senior IC to join our core engineering team.
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