Software Engineer (C++/Java)

Databento·Remote / Boston / Salt Lake City / San Francisco / New York·Remote·Posted 20 July 2026

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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, IMC, Tower Research, Jump Trading, HRT, Jane Street, and SIG. 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. Responsibilities 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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