Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

# Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack Sift San  Francisco, CA (Hybrid)
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Build full-stack features for Sift’s telemetry data platform, including interfaces for exploring large real-time datasets and backend APIs. You’ll work with frontend and data platform teams on tools used by hardware engineers working on systems such as rockets, satellites, and autonomous vehicles.
* Permanent* Hybrid
* 8+ years### Skills and expertise

React Type Script Go Rust Python Postgre SQLNext.jsgRPC### Key responsibilities
* Build full-stack features across the web application and data-processing backend.
* Create interfaces for exploring large real-time datasets and implement streaming APIs.
* Collaborate with frontend and data platform teams on service design and implementation.## How this job compares

Compared with 1,635 open senior engineering jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay:
This job pays $180K to $230K a year. The 719 open senior engineering jobs that publish US pay start at $164K on average, so this job starts about 10% higher.

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AI in this role:
Low. The company works with AI, but AI is a small part of this role's daily work. The role focuses on telemetry data infrastructure and user-facing engineering tools, not AI models or products. The AI reference describes the company’s broader context rather than the job’s daily work.## Full 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  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:
• 8+ years of professional experience in full-stack software development
• Experience building production applications with technologies like React, NextJS, Type Script, 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 Web Assembly 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 Type Script
• Data:
Arrow, Data Fusion, Flink, Parquet, and Rust
• Infrastructure:
Argo CD, AWS, Docker, Git Hub 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: $180,000 - $230,000 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.