Distributed Systems Engineer

About Moment

Moment is building the operating system for investment management. The company’s platform brings trading, operations, and infrastructure workflows into one unified system for financial institutions.

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 $56M in funding from leading investors including Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lightspeed. Its most recent $36M Series B was led by Index. You can read Bloomberg's coverage of it here and the memo Index wrote on why they invested.

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

• Strong logical reasoning and the ability to simplify complex problems. You can build clear mental models and approach complicated systems methodically.

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

• Demonstrated experience architecting or contributing to systems that solve complex business challenges — especially 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

For this role, the salary range is $200,000 to $325,000 + initial equity grant + annual performance-based equity bonuses. Actual compensation will vary based on skills, experience, and interview performance. In addition to a competitive salary and equity package, we provide every employee with:

• Comprehensive wellness package, providing top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% company reimbursement for most plans.

• Competitive compensation, top-notch gym stipends ($150), and equity into the company.

• Flexible PTO policy that people actually use — on average, people take three weeks off per year.

• 401k with employer match (4%) to help you save for your future.

• Paid lunches in the office, every day through Uber Eats and a free UberOne membership.