Junior Systems Engineer
DatabentoBoston, Massachusetts, United States • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States • San Francisco, California, United States • New York, New York, United States
Posted December 2, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Databento is a startup that builds modern APIs to get financial data.
Job Description
Databento is a startup that builds modern APIs to get financial data. We're looking for a junior systems engineer to join our systems team and work hands-on with a 25 GbE network stack, distributed storage exceeding 4 PB, and a modern hybrid environment spanning self-hosted and cloud systems.
Requirements
- Strong Linux knowledge
- Experience with systems configuration and provisioning (PXE, Puppet, and Ansible preferred; Terraform)
- Understanding of storage concepts (RAID, LVM, popular filesystems, distributed storage)
- Basic networking (OSI model, IP protocols, switching/routing)
- Ability to code in Python and write shell scripts
- DevOps/GitOps mindset
- Prior internship experience or 2+ years in full-time systems engineering or infrastructure roles
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
Benefits
- Health, dental, disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) matching for full-time employees
