Software Engineer - Compiler

Sigma; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Generous health benefits

Flexible time off policy

Paid bonding time for new parents

Traditional and Roth 401k

Commuter and FSA benefits

Lunch Program

Dog friendly office

Job summary

Sigma Computing in New York is looking for an experienced engineer to join the Compiler Team, focusing on optimizing user-driven data analysis into SQL queries. You'll need over 5 years of software engineering experience and a strong understanding of compilers and algorithms.

The role offers a base salary range of $170k - $235k annually, stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package including equity, health benefits, and flexible time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience engineering high-quality software systems.
• Deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.
• Passion for teamwork, technical ownership, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Tackle challenges in data modeling, query compilation, and large-scale analytics.
• Design and maintain sophisticated compiler infrastructure.
• Collaborate on designs and code, driving best practices.

Skills

Engineering high-quality software systems

Building and maintaining complex platform services

Understanding of compilers and SQL optimization

Teamwork and technical ownership

Iterative, high-cadence working environment

Tools

Rust

TypeScript

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

About The Role

Sigma Computing is redefining business intelligence by making complex data analysis accessible through a high-performance platform built for the modern data stack. The Compiler Team plays a foundational role in this mission by transforming user-driven spreadsheet interactions into highly optimized SQL queries, enabling seamless exploratory analytics on cloud data warehouses. As a member of the Compiler Team, you will join a group of engineers dedicated to building the core systems and abstractions that power Sigma’s intuitive spreadsheet interface, ensuring speed, reliability, and scalability for all users.

What You Will Be Doing

• Tackle core challenges at the intersection of data modeling, query compilation, and large-scale interactive analytics—making it possible for end-users to query data warehouses efficiently without deep technical knowledge
• Design, build, and maintain sophisticated compiler infrastructure and intermediate representations that translate spreadsheet operations into optimized query plans
• Apply advanced optimization strategies to improve performance and accuracy across a wide range of query workloads and data architectures
• Contribute to both backend (Rust) and key frontend foundations (TypeScript), evolving critical abstractions that enable end-to-end workflow optimizations and new features
• Debug, analyze, and resolve complex issues, ensuring robustness and maintainability in a rapidly evolving product
• Collaborate with engineers and product stakeholders to review designs and code, driving technical best practices and architectural decisions throughout the team and company

Qualifications We Need

• 5+ years experience engineering high-quality software systems
• Demonstrated success building and maintaining complex infrastructure or core platform services
• Deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, particularly in compilers, algorithms, SQL Optimization
• Passion for teamwork, technical ownership, and continually raising the engineering bar
• Experience working in an iterative, high-cadence environment

Qualifications We Want (also, skills you’ll learn!)

• Exposure to distributed systems, query optimization, or database internals
• Experience with API or data model design in the context of high-performance cloud services
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure)
• A curiosity for new languages and tools, and a drive to solve challenging problems at scale (Rust, Go, Node, K8s, GraphQL)

Additional Job Details

The base salary range for this position is $170k - $235k annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work at Sigma Computing. This role is eligible for stock options, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits For Our Full-Time Employees

• Equity
• Generous health benefits
• Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!
• Paid bonding time for all new parents
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Commuter and FSA benefits
• Lunch Program
• Dog friendly office

Sigma is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a smart and strong team regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran, or any other protected status. We look forward to learning how your experience can enable all of us to grow.

Note: We have an in-office work environment in all our offices in SF, NYC, London and Sydney.