Databento provides real-time and historical market data APIs. Access data for equities, futures, options, and more with one integration. Sign up for $125 in free credits. Backed by NEA.
About the role
We're looking for a midlevel or senior IC to join our core engineering team. You'll be responsible for implementing and maintaining our Java client library, and also working alongside our core engineering team on the most performance-sensitive parts of our codebase.
What they're looking for
- Own and maintain our Java client library, ensuring it is robust, well-tested, and easy for external users to integrate with
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance server applications in C/C++
- 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
More about this role
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. The company provides real-time and historical data across futures, options, and equities through a unified API. 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. You'll be responsible for implementing and maintaining our Java client library, and also working alongside our core engineering team on the most performance-sensitive parts of our codebase.
- Own and maintain our Java client library, ensuring it is robust, well-tested, and easy for external users to integrate with.
- Design, develop, and maintain...
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