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Backend Engineer

Databento
United States only

Databento is a startup that builds modern APIs to get financial data. As a Series A startup, we've raised $37.8M to date, and grown our revenues by over 958% Y/Y in the past year—all with a team of fewer than 30 employees.

We're looking for a software engineer to join our team. This is a remote role that primarily involves backend development and product engineering, with optional frontend responsibilities. We're open to hiring from a broad range of experience levels (on parity with L3 to L6 at a large tech firm). You'll have an outsized impact on the company's trajectory.

We offer health, dental, disability, and life insurance benefits, as well as 401(k) matching for full-time employees. We accommodate 100% remote work, with teammates living around the globe and paid in their local currency.

Responsibilities

  • Working with engineers and product team to develop web backend and APIs for our core products.
  • Working with engineers and product team to ideate, design, and implement product features and improvements.
  • Maintaining existing web and data applications.
  • Improving performance and developer experience of our web APIs.
  • Improving engineering workflows, e.g., testing, release, deployment, QA, and documentation.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in modern Python.
  • 3+ years of work experience designing, implementing, and/or integrating web APIs (REST, GraphQL, RPC).

Nice-to-haves

  • Prior work experience at a high-growth tech startup or electronic trading firm.
  • Experience with financial data (market data feeds, time series, security references, machine-readable news) or analytics.
  • Experience working within a Linux environment.
  • Exposure to lower-level languages, such as C, C++, or Rust.
  • Experience with containerized application deployment (Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes).
  • Experience with release engineering, CI/CD, and zero-downtime deployment practices (GitLab CI, TeamCity, Spinnaker).
  • Experience with database design and administration (MySQL, Redis, ClickHouse).
  • Experience with web frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI, Starlette).
  • Exposure to front-end web application development (TypeScript, HTML, CSS, React).
  • Experience with single-page applications and modern web app architectures.
  • Degree in computer science, applied mathematics, or a related field.

Notice about phishing scams

Be cautious of phishing scams impersonating Databento that offer fake job interviews and request purchases. Official emails come only from @databento.com or us.greenhouse-mail.io (our ATS). Any other domains (e.g., databento-careers.com, databento.online) are fraudulent.

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Databento, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or genetics. We comply with federal, state, and local nondiscrimination laws in every location where we operate. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave, compensation, and training. Pursuant to applicable laws, we consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records. If you need an accommodation, please let us know.

Our recruiting data suggests that underrepresented applicants often downplay their skills. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match the qualifications listed, we still want to hear from you. Please apply!

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