Databento

Maintain JavaScript client library and build performant front-end applications using React, plus contribute to full-stack projects with Python or Rust backends. | Proficiency in TypeScript, React, Redux, REST API integration, with preferred background in quantitative finance or trading. | 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 Platform/API engineering team. You'll be responsible for building, maintaining, and promoting our JavaScript client library, working closely with our design team to bring production-ready interfaces to life. This role is primarily focused on TypeScript/JavaScript, with some full-stack/Python work as well. Responsibilities Own, build, and maintain our JavaScript client library, ensuring it is robust, well-tested, and easy for external users to integrate with. Integrate native libraries into JavaScript/TypeScript code using tools like N-API, node-addon-api, or Wasm. Build responsive, performant front-end applications using React, Redux, Vite, Web Workers, and WebSockets. Contribute to full-stack projects, including backend work in Python (or Rust), REST API design, and database/migration work. Work between design and engineering teams to translate designs (e.g. Figma handoffs) into production-ready components and design systems. Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including publishing to npm. Document components using Storybook or similar tooling. Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure smooth feature rollouts and updates. Preferred background Experience working between high-performing design and engineering teams, including production-ready design systems and tools (e.g. Figma handoffs). Proficiency with React, Redux, Vite, Web Workers, and WebSockets. Background in trading, market data, or quantitative finance. Hands-on backend experience building APIs, working with databases, and migrations. Full-stack experience with backends in Python or Rust, including REST API design. Familiarity with Storybook or similar component documentation tooling. Good communication skills and work ethic for a remote workplace. 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. -- Databento, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in every location where we operate. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, 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!

Lead and execute digital marketing, social media, PR, SEO/SEM, and growth campaigns to drive company branding and GTM strategy. | 2-5 years B2B SaaS marketing experience with skills in SEO, social media, PR, CRM tools, and interest in fintech and quant trading. | 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 next-generation market data provider — with the radical idea that you should only pay for the data that you use. We power the world's largest finance and fintech institutions and lower the barrier of entry for small startups, gaining over 4000 users during our first year of launch. Our team consists of former data users from firms like Two Sigma, Belvedere, Pico, Flow Traders, and Tower Research. We offer health, dental, disability, and life insurance benefits, as well as 401(k) matching and visa sponsorships for full-time employees. We accommodate 100% remote work, with teammates living around the globe and paid in their local currency. Responsibilities You'll help oversee the company's go-to-market (GTM) strategy, digital media, growth metrics, and overall marketing plan. This includes the following. • Lead or co-lead social media on LinkedIn and X, including valuable short-form posts, long-form technical blog posts, videos, polls, and more. • Drive ideas and efforts to create PR, partnerships, case studies, and co-marketing opportunities with other companies in our industry. • Improve the company's SEO and SEM strategy, as well as other digital ad placements, backlink opportunities, and website optimizations. • Execute various inbound and outbound campaigns; track relevant metrics to determine the ROI of campaigns and marketing channels. • Research competitors and their marketing strategies. • Collaborate with executives to make decisions regarding the budget, branding, and direction of the company, including high-level decisions regarding agencies. • Create and maintain a successful brand and image. Desired Qualifications The ideal candidate can communicate with ease on various platforms (social media, blog posts, technical content, press releases, conferences, etc.). We also look for the skills listed below. • 2-5 years of experience in B2B SaaS in areas like SEO, digital marketing, growth marketing, social media, and/or PR. • A natural interest in posting and engaging frequently with our community of quants and developers on LinkedIn and Twitter. • Knowledge of CRMs like Hubspot, as well as SEO metrics, growth metrics, and content analytics. • An interest in quant trading, market data, and/or the financial industry. • A desire to work at a fast-growing fintech startup. Notice about phishing scams Be cautious of phishing scams impersonating Databento that may offer a job interview and request that you make a purchase through a phishing link. All official Databento emails come from databento.com or, occasionally, us.greenhouse-mail.io (as Greenhouse.io is our ATS). Any other domains—such as databento-careers.com, databento.online, databento.io, databento.us, etc.—are fake. -- Databento, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Databento complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Pursuant to applicable laws, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. And if you believe that you will need any type of 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!