About Atom Finance

Atom is a FinTech startup building the next-generation investment research platform to empower everyone to make informed investment decisions by democratizing access to institutional-quality content, data and tools. Atom’s platform offers an ever-growing arsenal of powerful research and portfolio monitoring features, and the sleek user interface is optimized for productivity and works across devices. The company aims to become the default investment research platform for the millions of investors not served by institutional services.

What you’ll do

• Build highly scalable backend systems that allows for Atom to scale as our user base grows.
• Own projects related to both building out new functionality on the core platform and improving existing features.
• Iterate quickly without compromising the quality and reliability of the systems.
• Take on initiatives related to managing existing infrastructure and improving them.
• Work with agile development methodologies and adhering to best practices.

Required skills

• 2+ years experience as a backend engineer.
• Bachelors or equivalent in computer science.
• Highly technical with strong hands-on coding skills.
• Solid understanding of software engineering architecture, software design patterns, and best testing practices.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts.

Preferred skills

• Masters/Ph.D. in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Experience with scaling high throughput services and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of AWS or similar cloud services.
• Prior knowledge of node.js, react, Postgres, Redis would be nice to have.

Atom offers competitive benefits including health, dental and vision plans, 401(k) matching, parental leave, a complimentary Equinox gym membership, commuter benefits, flexible hours, unlimited PTO, and more.

We are building a highly scalable platform on a modern stack. Here you will have the chance to build things from the ground up, and own products and features from the start. You will tackle challenges including data storage & analytics, scalability & efficiency, mobile development, user experience and more.