Software Engineer, Data & Market Connectivity (Backend)

FULL-TIME | NYC (IN-PERSON)About Moment

Moment is revolutionizing the largest asset class in the world.
Founded in 2022 by former fixed income quants at leading prop shops, Moment is already the leading fixed income infrastructure provider for global fintechs, traditional brokerages, wealth platforms, and RIAs.

Fixed income has evolved rapidly. Electronic trading volume has nearly doubled in the past three years. Retail fixed income volume has exploded—up more than 1500% in just two years. But the wealth space is largely still confined to legacy tech that doesn’t meet its needs anymore. 

That’s where Moment comes in. In weeks—not months or years—we enable customers to launch a seamless, modern fixed income solution through a simple set of APIs across:

• Data & Analytics
• Automated Execution
• Automated Portfolio Optimization & Management

Most startups work their way up from small businesses. We did the opposite. In just a year, we've scaled to over $1.5 trillion in assets—and we’re just getting started. Backed by $56M+ from top-tier investors, our team is sharp, humble, ridiculously fast, and genuinely fun to work with. We’re growing like crazy. We’re looking for the best. Come build with us.

The Role

We are looking for talented software engineers to join our team as early engineers. You will be working alongside some of the brightest people in the industry to build the next generation of well-designed, robust, and scalable systems. Our team has a strong engineering culture and believes in delivering beautiful and functional experiences to our customers. The ideal candidate will have significant experience working in a fast-paced, engineering-first organization. Our current tech stack is Go, Python, Postgres, Kafka, Redis, Datadog, and AWS.

We look for a passion for revolutionizing the way retail investors access the capital markets today. While interest in finance is always appreciated, we will teach you the finance domain knowledge you need during your onboarding. Together, we will redefine and transform the finance industry.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core Data & Market Connectivity Team services that directly power our best-in-class data product and trading systems.
• Lead the design, implementation, and deployment of robust distributed services, striking the appropriate balance between reliability, throughput, latency, resiliency, engineering velocity, and cost.
• Provide valuable feedback and insight on the design and implementation of new features, products, or infrastructure components.
• Contribute to the evolution of our tech stack as we scale our product.
• Assist in building a world-class team by participating in hiring and mentoring new team members.
• Desire and ability to design, plan, and implement projects from day one.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-4+ years of experience in backend engineering.
• Proven ability to architect or build 0-1 services in a large-scale production environment.
• Hands-on experience in building distributed systems in a cloud environment using AWS.
• Experience with Go, C++, Python or similiar programming languages.
• Experience with compiled languages (strongly preferring Golang) for 2+ years.
• Working knowledge of Postgres or other SQL database ORMs.
• Impact-oriented mindset, driving projects to success within Moment and beyond.
• Commitment to maintaining high standards for self and others when working with production systems.
• Open communication skills, including asking questions, assuming good intentions, and prioritizing transparency.
• Rigorous and empathetic approach, thriving in a collaborative and high-performance environment.
• Prior experience working at startups or small product-oriented teams.
• Experience with distributed systems in an AWS-focused cloud architecture for 1+ years.
• Experience with Kafka or other stream-based messaging queues for 1+ years.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) for 1+ years, or strong willingness to learn.
• A fintech background is preferred, but not required.

Compensation & Benefits

For this role, the salary range is $150,000-$200,000. Actual compensation will vary based on skills, experience, and interview performance. 

In addition to a competitive salary and equity package, we provide every employee with:

• Grow into the leader you aspire to be. At a fast-growing company in an expanding industry, you can enjoy unmatched career growth.
• Education is encouraged with our company-wide professional development programs and course reimbursements.
• Comprehensive wellness package, providing top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% company reimbursement.
• Competitive compensation, top-notch gym stipends, and generous equity grants.
• Flexible PTO policy that people actually use — on average, people take three weeks off per year.
• 401k with employer match (4%) to help you save for your future.
• Paid lunches in the office, every day through Uber Eats and a free UberOne membership ($25/meal). 
• Weekly team bonding stipend to get to know your colleagues outside of work ($40/wk).