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MomentMomentNew York, NY

Distributed Systems Engineer

Designs and builds scalable distributed systems handling large data volumes for investment management platform. Requires strong systems fundamentals, logical reasoning, and experience with scalability challenges; Golang and related tech preferred.

200k – 325k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Architect or contribute to systems solving complex business challenges, focusing on scalability, distributed systems, and large data volumes.

Requirements

  • Strong logical reasoning and ability to simplify complex problems.
  • Build clear mental models and approach complicated systems methodically.
  • Solid understanding of design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and general systems fundamentals.
  • Demonstrated experience with scalability, distributed systems, and large data volumes.
  • Willingness to independently figure things out.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with Golang, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Kafka, ClickHouse, and cloud functions (e.g., AWS Lambda).
  • Event-driven systems, trading systems, portfolio management or accounting systems.

Compensation

  • Salary range: $200,000 to $325,000 + initial equity grant + annual performance-based equity bonuses.
  • Actual compensation varies based on skills, experience, and interview performance.

Skills

GogRPCPostgresKafkaClickHouseAWS LambdaDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven Systems
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