Distributed Systems Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Engineer

• Location: 5 days/week @ NYC HQ

• Base salary: $200K to $325K

• Equity: aggressive initial grant + annual performance-based bonuses

About Moment

Moment is the AI operating system for investment management. Founded by former quants from Citadel Securities and Jane Street, Moment launched publicly in 2024 and now supports institutions managing more than $10T in assets. Moment has raised $134M in funding from investors including Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lightspeed.

You're a good fit if you're an engineer with...

• A strong understanding of design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and general systems fundamentals.

• Experience architecting or contributing to systems that solve complex challenges around scalability, distributed systems, and large data volumes.

• A willingness to just go figure stuff out :)

Even better if you have experience with...

• Golang, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Kafka, ClickHouse, and cloud functions (e.g., AWS Lambda).

• Event-driven systems, trading systems, portfolio management or accounting systems.

Benefits

• Free lunch and dinner.

• Health, dental, and vision coverage.

• $150 monthly gym stipend.

Compensation

$200K to $325K base salary + initial equity grant + annual performance-based equity bonuses.