Joblaze summary

In the role of Systems Engineer at Databento, the individual will focus on configuring systems and networks, deploying applications, and maintaining storage clusters while ensuring performance monitoring and automation. Key skills include strong Linux expertise, proficiency in systems provisioning tools like Puppet and Ansible, and coding abilities in Python. This position is ideal for candidates with at least two years of experience in systems engineering, particularly those with a background in fintech or trading environments. Databento's team comprises professionals from top quantitative firms, fostering a collaborative atmosphere.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Databento's careers page October 27, 2026.
Kubernetes appears in 60.3% of 126 comparable mid devops/sre roles in United States; Ceph appears in 0.8% of 126 comparable mid devops/sre roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Systems Engineer role remote?: Yes — Databento lists this as a fully remote position.
How much experience is required?: At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Systems Engineer role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Alertmanager, Ansible, Ceph, ClickHouse, Docker.
What seniority level is this role?: Databento targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Systems Engineer role at Databento.

From the original posting

We're looking for a midlevel or senior IC to join our Systems team. Our team is responsible for managing our entire infrastructure fleet from the ground up. This includes handling dense storage clusters, compute, LL networking and systems, capture topologies, and more.

Responsibilities

Systems and network configuration.
Bare-metal and containerized application deployment.
Maintaining large storage clusters.
Instrumenting performance measurement and alerts.
Improving systems automation and tooling.
On-call support.
Coordinating bulk data delivery to customers and vendor partners.
Occasional physical infrastructure deliveries and systems provisioning.

Required qualifications

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.
5+ years of full-time experience in systems engineering or infrastructure roles.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.; H-1B visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice-to-haves

Experience with distributed storage systems (e.g., Ceph).
Customer support experience and strong problem-solving abilities.
Prior experience at a trading or fintech firm, or a strong interest in learning fintech.
Database administration (MySQL, ClickHouse, Redis).
Cloud engineering basics (AWS, GCP — compute, storage).
Virtualization and compute workloads (Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, HTCondor).
Systems and network tuning.
Monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki).
Ability to travel to data centers in New Jersey or Boston on short notice (within one week).

The base salary range for this role is $150,000–$230,000, benchmarked to Tier 1 locations in each country. Total compensation may also include bonuses, commissions, and equity, depending on the role.

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