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Dune

Staff Software Engineer – Market Data

Dune

. Design and build distributed systems for ingestion, normalization, processing, storage, and delivery of realtime market data from blockchain and other relevant sources .

Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemoteLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating distributed systems with a strong focus on data correctness and performance. Proficient in debugging complex service interactions and mentoring engineers while leading technical decisions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Distributed Systems EngineeringRealtime Streaming SystemsRust ProgrammingData CorrectnessTechnical Mentorship

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Hard Skills
Distributed Backend ServicesData ServicesConcurrency ManagementState ManagementBackpressure HandlingDebuggingRoot Cause AnalysisTechnical DesignSchema EvolutionAI-Assisted Workflows
Soft Skills
Clear Written CommunicationCollaborationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
BlockchainEVMSolana
Industry Keywords
Financial DataMarket DataReference DataOnchain Data

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Distributed SystemsRustGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and build distributed systems for ingestion, normalization, processing, storage, and delivery of realtime market data from blockchain and other relevant sources
  • Build and operate streaming solutions handling event ordering, timestamps, duplicates, replay, gaps, recovery, blockchain reorganizations, and finality
  • Build reliable client feeds and APIs with clear delivery contracts, schema evolution, access controls, and predictable behavior under load or when consumers fall behind
  • Partner with teams across Dune on reference data models and historical data capture
  • Define and improve service objectives and data quality measures
  • Instrument latency, freshness, completeness, and correctness
  • Turn incidents into lasting improvements in recovery and operations
  • Debug independently and drive root cause analysis through to durable fixes
  • Own services through deployment and production support, including on-call participation
  • Use AI throughout development for design exploration, implementation, testing, failure investigation, and documentation
  • Develop repeatable AI-assisted workflows and share effective practices with the team
  • Lead technical decisions across team boundaries
  • Write clear technical designs
  • Mentor engineers through implementation and review

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience building and operating distributed backend or data services with demanding reliability and performance requirements
  • Understanding of distributed-service failure modes and ability to debug across service and data boundaries
  • Experience with realtime streaming systems, including concurrency, state management, backpressure, and recovery
  • Strong focus on data correctness, including timestamps, numeric precision, schema changes, and corrections
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and backend engineering skills
  • Experience with Rust, Go, or comparable languages is valuable
  • Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into pragmatic designs and production services
  • Ability to help other engineers deliver parts of the solution
  • Clear written communication and ability to work effectively with a distributed team
  • Financial or market data experience at a financial institution
  • Onchain data experience, such as blockchain indexing with EVM or Solana, is a plus
  • Reference data experience is a plus
  • Experience at a company where data is the product is a plus
  • Participation in the team’s on-call rotation

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary and equity package; salary and equity are stated to be in the top 25% of companies in the space
  • Employee equity scheme with an approximately 90% discounted strike price and a 10-year exercise window
  • 5 weeks PTO plus local public holidays, which can be swapped
  • Fully remote-first approach within a distributed team
  • Flexible working hours
  • Async and sync work mix with reduced meeting load
  • Private medical insurance
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Paid parental leave: 16 weeks for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers, fully paid
  • Two-week part-time phased return at full pay after parental leave
  • Quarterly company or team offsites
  • Yearly travel allowance for connecting and co-working with colleagues
  • Allowance for at-home setup
  • Local co-working space desk paid for if preferred
  • Dune swag