Software Engineer (C++/Rust)
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- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Ensure smooth feature rollouts and updates
Benefits
- 401k
- Health and dental insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- An interest in low-level optimization and performance engineering
- Comfortable with lldb/gdb
- Knowledge of systems programming, algorithms, data structures, multithreading, networked I/O, serialization, CPU architecture, kernel, and compilers
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ or Rust
- Experience working with multiprocess environments
- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience, preferably at a trading firm, tech company, or high-growth startup
- Good communication skills and work ethic for a remote workplace
- An interest in financial data or algorithmic trading