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Early Engineer at Sift

Compensation

$200,000 – $250,000/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, California
Type
Full-time
Posted

Description

SIFT is seeking an experienced Early Engineer to redefine how modern machines are built, tested, and operated. The role involves defining core architecture and helping scale a real-time telemetry platform from scratch, working on complex backend systems to ingest, store, and serve millions of high-frequency data points per second. This position focuses on designing and building horizontally scalable platforms, developing durable database solutions, pioneering data architecture with innovative streaming and storage methods, and contributing to engineering culture and collaboration.

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