Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Remotefull timeRemote

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$200k–$260k

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Siftstack Staff Backend Engineer at Siftstack designs, builds, and operates backend systems processing large volumes of real-time telemetry data. Owns features end-to-end and collaborates with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and scalability.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate backend systems that process and store large volumes of real-time telemetry data.
Own features end-to-end, from design to post-launch improvement.
Collaborate with Frontend, Design, and Data teams to ensure features solve real customer problems.
Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
Contribute to system evolution—migrating services, introducing caches, and improving storage or indexing layers.
Participate in on-call rotations, debugging live issues, and improving observability.
Raise the bar through code reviews, shared patterns, and mentorship.
The Skillset You'll Bring:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or another STEM discipline
7+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure roles.
Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals—state, fault tolerance, recovery.
Experience with Go, Rust, or Python, and strong Linux/networking fundamentals.

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceExperience with GoFamiliarity with KubernetesEngineering at SIFTFrontend & BackendData Infrastructure

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or another STEM discipline
7+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure roles
Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals
Experience with Go, Rust, or Python
Strong Linux and networking fundamentals
Deep knowledge of SQL and operational database experience
Experience building and scaling APIs (REST, gRPC/Protobuf)
Strong debugging skills and production-first mindset
Familiarity with Kubernetes, Prometheus, Argo CD, and modern infrastructure tools

Preferred

Experience with streaming or time-series data systems (Kafka, Flink, TimescaleDB, etc.).
Experience with performance tuning and profiling at query or service layers.
Familiarity with observability tools (Datadog, Grafana).
Background in hardware or telemetry-heavy environments.
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

Benefits

Equity/RSU

Company

Siftstack

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