Backend Engineer

Remote / San Francisco / New York / Salt Lake City

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

Nice-to-haves

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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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