Staff Software Engineer - Backend

About the Role

Sigma Computing is building a high-performance platform on modern data architecture to make data accessible to all users. As a Staff Backend Software Engineer, you will solve challenging engineering problems and deliver capabilities across the stack with a collaborative engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Solve problems involved in providing interactive data exploration and analysis on data warehouses.
• Build with tools and languages such as Rust, Go, GraphQL, Node.js, and Kubernetes.
• Develop backend distributed services, new algorithms, and modern APIs supporting a cloud application.
• Triage, debug, track, and resolve product and system issues by analyzing their sources.
• Design and implement software features for a rapidly growing user base.
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to promote engineering best practices.

Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of industry experience building and maintaining high-quality software.
• Experience building and deploying robust, secure web applications in a continuous deployment environment.
• A desire to be a great teammate while taking ownership of your work.
• Strong craftsmanship and intellectual curiosity when solving challenges.
• Strong computer science fundamentals.

Preferred Qualifications and Learning Opportunities

• Data-driven aptitude applied to distributed systems problems.
• Data model design and API development experience.
• SQL query optimization and database internals knowledge.
• Experience administering cloud service infrastructure such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Experience solving technical problems at a high-growth company.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $240,000–$270,000. Compensation may vary outside this range based on qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience.
• Eligible for stock options and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Full-time employee benefits include equity, generous health benefits, flexible time off, paid bonding leave for new parents, traditional and Roth 401(k), commuter and FSA benefits, a lunch program, and a dog-friendly office.

Location and Travel

• Based in San Francisco, CA, in an in-office work environment.
• All roles have a 25% travel expectation unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Application and Hiring Practices

• Sigma processes applicant personal data to evaluate candidacy and support recruitment and hiring. Applicant data may be transferred internationally, including to the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia. See Sigma’s Candidate Privacy Notice for details.
• Artificial intelligence tools assist with candidate screening and assessment and complement, rather than replace, human decision-making.