Job Summary:
Databento is a market data platform for modern finance, providing real-time and historical data through a unified API. They are seeking a midlevel or senior software engineer to join their core engineering team, responsible for developing and maintaining performance-sensitive applications using C/C++ and Rust.
Responsibilities:
โข Design, develop, and maintain high-performance server applications in C/C++ and Rust.
โข Write message parsers and feed handlers for direct market data feeds from trading venues.
โข Optimize existing codebase for high throughput (millions of messages per second, up to 40+ gigabits) and low latency (measured in nanoseconds).
โข Implement tools and libraries for petabyte-scale data processing and analysis.
โข Collaborate with the systems team to implement best practices for build, deployment, CI/CD.
โข Implement monitoring and improve application uptime.
โข Ensure smooth feature rollouts and updates.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข Design, develop, and maintain high-performance server applications in C/C++ and Rust.
โข Write message parsers and feed handlers for direct market data feeds from trading venues.
โข Optimize existing codebase for high throughput (millions of messages per second, up to 40+ gigabits) and low latency (measured in nanoseconds).
โข Implement tools and libraries for petabyte-scale data processing and analysis.
โข Collaborate with the systems team to implement best practices for build, deployment, CI/CD.
โข Implement monitoring and improve application uptime.
โข Ensure smooth feature rollouts and updates.
Preferred:
โข 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience, preferably at a trading firm, tech company, or high-growth startup.
โข Strong proficiency in C/C++ or Rust.
โข Knowledge of systems programming, algorithms, data structures, multithreading, networked I/O, serialization, CPU architecture, kernel, and compilers.
โข Experience working with multiprocess environments.
โข Comfortable with lldb/gdb.
โข Good communication skills and work ethic for a remote workplace.
โข An interest in low-level optimization and performance engineering.
โข An interest in financial data or algorithmic trading.
Company:
Databento is a SaaS company that offers market data APIs for real-time and historical data. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Salt Lake City, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.