Distributed Systems Engineer

withmoment.com; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Terrace office

Free lunch and dinner

Gym stipend

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

Moment is hiring an Engineer to help build the systems powering its next chapter in investment management. You will design and ship high‑assurance distributed systems, event‑driven pipelines, and data platforms that perform under the weight of trillions of dollars in assets.

You’ll work closely with leadership to deliver software that is ambitious and distinctive. The role is highly autonomous and collaborative, requiring both system design and hands‑on coding across backend, data infra, and

Qualifications

• 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 figure stuff out.

Responsibilities

• Architect and ship systems that solve hard problems at scale.
• Design and implement distributed pipelines and data platforms.
• Collaborate with leadership and teammates to deliver ambitious software initiatives.
• Navigate from low‑level performance work to architectural strategy and execution.

Skills

Design patterns

System scalability

Willingness to learn

Tools

Golang

gRPC

PostgreSQL

Kafka

ClickHouse

AWS Lambda

Job description

Build the future of investment management with us

The infrastructure managing $300 trillion in assets was built in the 90s. Now, all of it is up for grabs. The winner of the AI era of investment management will be a $100B+ company. We intend to be that company.

To get there, we're assembling the most talent‑dense startup in New York. We hire people who are 1) exceptional, 2) allergic to anything that's not exceptional, and 3) recruiters of other exceptional people. We also have no tolerance for brilliant jerks.

We run lean by design. We work with a select group of the largest financial insti- tutions in the world, go incredibly deep with each, and sit in the flow of trillions of dollars. We hire fewer people, ask each to own the outcome, and pay on impact ‑ not tenure or experience.

Moment is not for everyone. The standards are unreasonably high. The pace is intense. And there is no playbook.

In return: the best work of your career, building a generational company.

About Moment

Moment is the AI operating system for investment management, built for the world's largest wealth firms and fintechs. Moment works with firms managing more than $10 trillion in client assets and is backed by Index, a16z, and Lightspeed. Moment was founded by former quants from Citadel and Jane Street and is based in NYC.

The Role

As we enter a new era, we're hiring an Engineer to help build the systems that will power Moment's next chapter.

We're building software for the leading financial institutions of the world, and the technical bar is high. Our systems move enormous volumes of data, demand real‑time precision, and have to be both fast and irrefutable. The infrastructure we build is the foundation everything else stands on, and the decisions made today will define what's possible for years to come.

As an Engineer at Moment, you will architect and ship systems that solve genuinely hard problems ‑ distributed systems at scale, event‑driven pipelines, and data plat- forms that have to perform under the weight of the financial world. Moment will be a generational company, and you will help build the technical foundation that makes that possible.

You’ll work closely with engineering leadership and across the team to deliver soft- ware that is as ambitious and distinctive as the company itself. This is a highly autonomous, collaborative role for a builder. You are equally comfortable design- ing systems and shipping code. You will navigate different levels of abstraction, from low‑level performance work to architectural strategy. You can clearly articu- late, lead, and execute technical projects spanning backend systems, data infra- structure, and product.

You’re a good fit if you have

A strong understanding of design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and gen- eral systems fundamentals.

Experience architecting or contributing to systems that solve complex chal- lenges around scalability, distributed systems, and large data volumes.

A willingness to figure stuff out

Even better if you have

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

Base salary: $200K to $400K

Our beautiful West Village Office with a terrace / 5x a week in office

Free lunch and dinner.

$150 monthly gym stipend.

Health, dental, and vision coverage. 100% company reimbursement