Databento

Databento

Software Engineer (C++/Rust)

Remote / Chicago / New York · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$250kDetected 10 days ago
RustC++CData StructuresAlgorithmsRecruitingEmbedded SystemsResearchCommunication

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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role

  • The company provides real-time and historical data across futures, options, and equities through a unified API.
  • Our team is responsible for all things C/C++ and Rust, and the most performance-sensitive parts of our codebase.
  • You'll be working with nearly 20 PB of data, with thousands of bare metal CPU cores at your disposal.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain high-performance server applications in C/C++ and Rust.
  • 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 C/C++ or Rust.

Nice to have

  • Preferred background

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.
  • This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave, 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.
  • 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.

Equal opportunity

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