Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Architect "golden paths" by building and maintaining core shared libraries, SDKs, and code-generation tools (gRPC, OpenAPI)
• Design and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure, including ECS, RDS, and MSK
• Treat the internal platform as a product by embedding with product teams to identify and resolve friction points
• Elevate system observability by debugging distributed system failures and improving alerting strategies
• Drive technical standards through documentation, pattern implementation, and mentoring the wider engineering team

Requirements

• Deep expertise in backend programming with experience building high-performance services or libraries
• Deep cloud fluency with extensive experience architecting and managing production workloads on AWS
• Hands-on experience with ECS, RDS, and Lambda
• A DevEx (Developer Experience) mindset focused on building intuitive tools and clear documentation

Benefits

• Base salary: $200K to $325K
• Aggressive initial equity grant plus annual performance-based bonuses
• In-person work at our West Village office with a terrace
• Free lunch and dinner provided
• $150 monthly gym stipend
• 100% company-reimbursed health, dental, and vision coverage

About the Company

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