Software Engineer (C++/Rust)

Databento - New York, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - New York, NY

11-50 employees

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

As a junior software engineer at Databento, you will be responsible for designing and maintaining high-performance server applications using C/C++ and Rust. This role focuses on working with market data feeds and optimizing the codebase for low latency and high throughput. You will collaborate with the systems team to implement best practices for deployment and ensure application uptime while rolling out new features smoothly.

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 existing codebase for high throughput (millions of messages per second, up to 40+ gigabit) and low latency (measured in nanoseconds).
• Implement tools and libraries for petabyte-scale data processing and analysis.
• Collaborate with systems team to implement best practices for build, deployment, CI/CD.
• Implement monitoring and improve application uptime.
• Ensure smooth feature rollouts and updates.

Requirements

• Prior internship experience or 1 to 3 years of full-time software engineering experience, preferably at a trading firm, tech 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, kernel, and compilers.
• Experience working with multiprocess environments.
• Comfortable with lldb/gdb.
• Good communication skills and work ethic for a remote workplace.
• An interest in low-level optimization and performance engineering.
• An interest in financial data or algorithmic trading.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Visa sponsorship for full-time employees
• 100% remote work accommodation