Staff Backend Engineer: Real-Time Telemetry Platform

Sift; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design a scalable platform for processing real-time data. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in backend engineering, strong skills in database solutions, and experience with cloud infrastructure tools. This role offers a competitive salary of $200,000 to $250,000 and requires U.S. Citizenship or Green Card status.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or data engineering roles.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a scalable platform for ingesting millions of sensor data points per second.
• Develop database solutions for real-time reads and analytics workloads.
• Collaborate on architecture, design, and coding standards.

Skills

Event-time-based stream processing

Hands-on experience with Kafka

Proficiency with PostgreSQL

Experience with Go, Rust or Python

Familiarity with Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Apache Flink

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

A technology company in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design a scalable platform for processing real-time data. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in backend engineering, strong skills in database solutions, and experience with cloud infrastructure tools. This role offers a competitive salary of $200,000 to $250,000 and requires U.S. Citizenship or Green Card status.