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# Distributed Systems Engineer at Moment

- **Company:** Moment
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $200k–$400k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-06-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-03
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/moment/b13c29c2-fe72-4055-86c8-fa8efbae416f/application

**Skills:** Systems Architecture, Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Golang, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Kafka, ClickHouse, AWS Lambda, Event-driven Systems, Trading Systems, Portfolio Management Systems

> Design and build scalable distributed systems for investment management platforms. The role involves architecting solutions for complex business challenges involving large data volumes and high concurrency, requiring strong logical reasoning and proficiency in systems fundamentals.

## Job description

## DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ENGINEER

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 institutions 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 platforms 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 software that is as ambitious and distinctive as the company itself. This is a highly autonomous, collaborative role for a builder. You are equally comfortable designing systems and shipping code. You will navigate different levels of abstraction, from low-level performance work to architectural strategy. You can clearly articulate, lead, and execute technical projects spanning backend systems, data infrastructure, and product.

## YOU’RE A GOOD FIT IF YOU HAVE

- 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 figure stuff out

## EVEN BETTER IF YOU HAVE

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

## COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

- Base salary: $200K to $400K
- Equity: aggressive initial grant + annual performance-based bonuses
- 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

## About Moment

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Moment provides an AI-native operating system for investment management, unifying trading, research, portfolio optimization, reporting, risk, and compliance for fixed income.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Dylan Parker (CEO & Co-Founder), Ammer Soliman (COO & Co-Founder), Bill Buzaid (CPO & Co-Founder), Dean Hathout (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Fintech, Investment Management Technology
- **Target customers**: Large wealth management firms, RIAs, broker-dealers, private banks, and fintechs. Their clients include firms managing over $10 trillion in assets, such as Edward Jones, LPL Financial, and Hightower Advisors.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To build the first AI-native operating system for investment management, modernizing the infrastructure that manages $300 trillion in assets.

## Products & Services
- **AI Operating System for Investment Management**: A unified platform that integrates trading, research, portfolio optimization, reporting, risk, and compliance into a single system with a layer of automation. It is designed to supercharge fixed income teams and unlock new revenue channels.
- **Fixed Income APIs**: A suite of APIs designed for programmatic delivery of fixed income trading, portfolio management, and data, enabling fintechs and wealth platforms to embed institutional-grade fixed income capabilities.
- **Automated Treasury Management (via Ramp Partnership)**: A new offering that provides institutionally managed fixed income portfolios directly within the Ramp platform, automating cash management, reinvestment, and rebalancing for finance teams.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$131M** (latest round: $78M Series C in June 2026).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Contrary, Avra, Venrock. Key partners include Ramp, Edward Jones, LPL Financial, and Hightower Advisors.
- **Growth Signals**: The company has grown headcount by **80% YoY** to 77 employees. It has active job postings growing **333% YoY**. It recently announced a strategic partnership with Ramp to bring institutional cash management to finance teams. Its clients represent over **$10 trillion in assets under management**.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founding Team Pedigree**: Founded by the team that built the automated credit desks at Citadel Securities and Jane Street, giving them deep domain expertise and a unique ability to pair industry knowledge with top-tier engineering talent.
- **First-Mover in AI-Native Fixed Income**: They are building the first operating system specifically for fixed income, a massive and underserved market. The infrastructure managing $300 trillion in assets is outdated, and Moment is positioned to be the winner of the AI era in this space.
- **Deep Client Integration**: They embed forward-deployed engineers with their largest clients to co-develop multi-year transformation roadmaps, creating high switching costs and deep, defensible relationships.
- **Talent Density**: The company explicitly focuses on hiring "the most talent-dense startup in New York," with a culture of high standards and ownership.

## Strategic Focus
- **Product Expansion**: Moving beyond fixed income trading to become the full "operating system" for investment management, covering the entire workflow.
- **Strategic Partnerships**: Deepening integrations with platforms like Ramp to expand into corporate treasury management and reach new customer segments.
- **Scaling the Platform**: Continuing to embed with the world's largest wealth firms and fintechs to co-create the future of fixed income and drive platform adoption.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring to build a world-class team, with a focus on engineering, security, and strategy roles.

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact, High-Ownership Culture**: The company explicitly states they "run lean by design," hire fewer people, and ask each person to "own the outcome." They pay on impact, not tenure. This is ideal for someone who wants to make a massive difference and work without a playbook.
- **Ambitious Mission**: The stated goal is to build a $100B+ company by winning the AI era of investment management. The work is described as "the best work of your career."
- **Talent Density**: They are assembling "the most talent-dense startup in New York" and hire people who are "exceptional" and "allergic to anything that’s not exceptional." They have no tolerance for "brilliant jerks."
- **Work Environment**: The pace is intense, and standards are "unreasonably high." It is a lean, high-ownership environment where you sit in the flow of trillions of dollars. The company is based in New York, NY, with a hybrid/office-first culture.
- **Compensation**: They pay on impact, not tenure or experience.

## Sources
1. [moment.com](https://moment.com/)
2. [moment.com/about](https://moment.com/about)
3. [moment.com/careers](https://moment.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/moment-markets](https://www.linkedin.com/company/moment-markets)
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/moment-6)

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