5 months ago
Remote, United States +4 moreMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance server applications in C/C++ and Rust.
- Write message parsers and feed handlers for direct market-data feeds from trading venues.
- Optimize code for throughput of millions of messages per second and low latency measured in nanoseconds.
- Implement tools and libraries for petabyte-scale data processing and analysis.
- Collaborate with the systems team on build, deployment, and CI/CD practices.
- Implement monitoring, improve application uptime, and support smooth feature rollouts and updates.
Requirements
- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience, preferably at a trading firm, technology company, or high-growth startup.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ or Rust.
- Knowledge of systems programming, algorithms, data structures, multithreading, networked I/O, serialization, CPU architecture, kernels, and compilers.
- Experience with multiprocess environments.
- Comfort using lldb or gdb.
- Interest in low-level optimization, performance engineering, financial data, or algorithmic trading.
- Strong communication skills and work ethic for a remote workplace.
Benefits
- Remote workplace
About Databento
Databento provides real-time and historical market data for futures, options, and equities through a unified API, with raw and normalized formats. Its self-service platform offers live exchange feeds, terabytes-scale archives, and connectivity, sold via usage-based pricing or monthly subscriptions to trading firms, fintechs, and researchers. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the privately held company operates its own market-data stack and handles exchange data vendor relationships.