In This Role, You'll:- Design and build a horizontally scalable platform for ingesting millions of hardware sensor data points per second
- Develop durable, efficient database solutions to support real-time reads and large-scale analytics workloads
- Pioneer data architecture by integrating recent innovations in streaming and storage, including cloud-native and diskless designs
- Help define engineering culture, standards, and processes
- Collaborate closely with peers on architecture, design, code reviews, and scaling strategies
The Skillset You'll Bring:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or another STEM discipline
- 7+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or data engineering roles
- Hands-on experience with event-time-based stream processing or streaming SQL systems using tools like Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, Beam, or similar
- Proficiency with relational and time-series databases like PostgreSQL, Druid, Pinot, TimescaleDB, or equivalent
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems or low-latency backend services, ideally written in Go, Rust, or Python
- Familiarity with DevOps and cloud infrastructure tools such as Kubernetes, Prometheus, ArgoCD, and Terraform
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving
Bonus Points:- Familiarity with telemetry data from hardware systems, high-throughput ingest pipelines, or columnar storage formats like Apache Arrow and Parquet
- Experience building resilient, performant systems that scale to billions of records
- Curiosity about new data paradigms and eagerness to evaluate and integrate emerging tools and techniques
Engineering at SIFT:You'll join a tight-knit team of world-class engineers building foundational systems for next-gen machines. Technologies you'll work with may include:
- Frontend & Backend: Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Protobuf, React, TypeScript
- Data Infrastructure: Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Flink, Kafka, Parquet, Rust
- Ops & Tooling: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Argo CD, Grafana, Linux
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: $200,000 - $260,000 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.
