Summary
Join an early-stage engineering team building data infrastructure for complex physical systems. You will develop full-stack features across a web application and high-frequency data-processing backend, create intuitive interfaces for large real-time datasets, design efficient APIs, and collaborate across frontend and data teams. The environment uses modern technologies including React, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Python, distributed data systems, and cloud-native infrastructure.
Highlights
Work on an early-stage platform with significant ownership across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure. The role offers exposure to real-time data systems, modern distributed technologies, technical visualization, and complex engineering challenges, with relocation support available for qualified candidates.
Description
About Sift
Sift is the data infrastructure platform for hardware engineering teams.
Sift turns high-frequency telemetry into engineering insights for mission-critical systems.
Teams use Sift to build and operate rockets, satellites, autonomous vehicles, energy systems, defense platforms, and more.
Founded by former SpaceX engineers who built the tools behind Dragon and Starlink, Sift is building the data infrastructure to herald the AI era for physical systems.
In This Role, You'll
Build and maintain full stack features across our web application and data processing backend for complex telemetry dataCreate intuitive user interfaces for data exploration while optimizing for large real-time datasetsImplement efficient APIs and data access patterns for real-time data streamingCollaborate with data platform and frontend teams on service design and implementationWrite clean, maintainable code and participate in technical design discussions
The Skillset You'll Bring
3+ years of professional experience in full-stack software developmentExperience building production applications with technologies like React, NextJS, TypeScript, Go, Rust, and PythonFamiliarity with relational and non-relational databases, e.g.
PostgreSQL, Druid, Pinot, Timescale, or similarStrong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Bonus Points
Experience with technical visualization tools (WebGL, D3.js, Apache ECharts) and time-series dataKnowledge of WebAssembly and browser-based computationBackground in scientific computing or technical data visualizationExperience 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 TypeScriptData: Arrow, DataFusion, Flink, Parquet, and RustInfrastructure: 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: $160,000 - $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.
