Sift Engineering Role
In this role, you'll:
- Build and maintain full stack features across our web application and data processing backend for complex telemetry data
- Create intuitive user interfaces for data exploration while optimizing for large real-time datasets
- Implement efficient APIs and data access patterns for real-time data streaming
- Collaborate with data platform and frontend teams on service design and implementation
- Write clean, maintainable code and participate in technical design discussions
The skillset you'll bring:
- 3+ years of professional experience in full-stack software development
- Experience building production applications with technologies like React, NextJS, TypeScript, Go, Rust, and Python
- Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases, e.g. PostgreSQL, Druid, Pinot, Timescale, or similar
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Bonus points:
- Experience with technical visualization tools (WebGL, D3.js, Apache ECharts) and time-series data
- Knowledge of WebAssembly and browser-based computation
- Background in scientific computing or technical data visualization
- Experience building tools for technical users (dashboards, data-editing environments)
- Built and launched side projects with consistent usage traffic
Engineering at SIFT:
You'll have the opportunity to help evolve and scale our platform because we're still in the early stages of building the product. Relevant technologies include:
- Web frontend & backend: ECharts, Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Protobuf, Radix, React, Redux, and TypeScript
- Data: Arrow, DataFusion, Flink, Parquet, and Rust
- Infrastructure: Argo CD, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Kubernetes, Kustomize, Linux, Prometheus, and Terragrunt
Location:
Sift's headquarters is in Marina Del Rey, CA (next to LAX). We collaborate in person twice a week—on Mondays and Thursdays—and come together for a full week every two months. We are open to relocating candidates to LA or working from our San Francisco office for the right candidate.
Salary range: $150,000 - $200,000 per year. Plus equity and benefits.
Eligibility:
U.S. Person Required: Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual such as an asylee or refugee in compliance with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) / EAR (Export Administration Regulations) regulations.
