What is Noise?

People want to be informed and entertained. Great products make the two inseparable.

Noise is a platform to discover and trade trends. Combining real-time attention data from the top social media platforms and perpetual futures, we’re building a single app to see how much mindshare something has based on people buying and selling around the world.

It’s a hard problem. Pricing attention, modeling order flow, abstracting UX complexity — Noise is unique in its approach to consumer trading. If you’ve ever been obsessed with market design, or wondered how attention becomes an asset, this may be a powerful mission for you.

To learn more, follow us on X or visit our website.

Working at Noise

A little bit about our team:

• Six full-time employees based in the US

• Fully in-person in NYC

• Everyone either ships code, designs, or talks to users

Our Values

• Build in the Unknown: We have no interest in iterating on what already exists. Our goal is to create a new type of financial service centered around invention, not optimization.

• The Best Products Teach People What They Want: Like the best music or technology, the most valuable ideas feel obvious in hindsight. We're designing from first principles and betting on our ability to see what others don’t.

• No Passengers: Everyone at Noise — engineers, designers, marketers — is in the room, in New York City. We’re a small team moving fast with care and intensity. We solve hard problems together. You do not need permission to try new things.

Role

As a Backend Engineer at Noise, we're looking for highly motivated generalists with experience in large-scale distributed systems. Your primary focus will be API development, designing complex systems, and building real-time software to process data at massive scale.

Ideal candidate should satisfy the following:

Must Haves:

• 4+ years of backend development experience using Python/Java (preferred), or any modern server-side language

• Proven ability to write secure, maintainable, and very high-quality code in fast-paced environments

• Developed and shipped core backend systems at massive scale with best practices

• Skilled at identifying and mitigating potential issues early

• Extensive experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure

Nice to Haves:

• Contributed to open-sources projects

• Previous experience in HFT, MEV, or in developing similar systems

Our Tech Stack

• Design: Figma

• Frontend: React (Typescript), Vite, TailwindCSS

• Backend: Rust, Java

• Research: Python, Pytorch

• Infrastructure: AWS, Cloudflare

• Smart Contracts: Solidity, Foundry, Slither

How Applying Works

1. Intro & Behavioral Call — 45 minute chat with one of the founders

2. Technical Virtual Onsite — Live technical screening including 1 coding and 1 system design

3. Reference Checks — Share 2-3 references of previous supervisors you’ve worked with

4. Comp Review — 30 minutes chat with one of the founders to go over the offer

Compensation

To attract the best people, our goal is to provide competitive cash compensation and high upside in the long-term success of Noise. Equity options are subject to the same four-year schedule as the rest of the team.