Software Engineer, Full Stack
About the role
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.
Requirements
- 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
Nice-to-have skills
- 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
Technologies you’ll work with
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
Schedule
Sift’s headquarters is in Marina Del Rey, CA (next to LAX). The team collaborates in person twice a week—on Mondays and Thursdays—and comes together for a full week every two months. Relocation to LA or working from the San Francisco office is available for the right candidate.
Pay
Salary range: $160,000 – $200,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.
Eligibility
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual such as an asylee or refugee in compliance with ITAR/EAR regulations.