Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Sigma Computing; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 270,000; 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 benefits

Lunch Program

Dog friendly office

Job summary

A leading technology platform in San Francisco is seeking experienced engineers to solve data challenges and build impactful technology. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years in software development and experience with modern tools like Rust and Kubernetes. The role offers a competitive salary range of $240K - $270K annually, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package, fostering a collaborative work environment with a flexible policy. Join us and be part of our mission to make data accessible for all users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Strong sense of craftsmanship and curiosity.
• Experience with cloud service infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Solve challenging problems for data exploration and analysis.
• Build backend distributed services and modern APIs.
• Design and implement software features for a growing user base.

Skills

Building and maintaining high-quality software

Robust and secure web applications

Craftsmanship and curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Rust

Go

GraphQL

Node.js

Kubernetes

Job description

About the Role

Sigma is transforminghow businesses run by delivering a high performance platform on the modern data architecture. Hence, we are growing the engineering team and looking for engineers who are excited to solve challenging problems, deliver impactful capabilities throughout our stack to build world‑class technology. You will be part of a talented team of engineers with a shared mission to make data easily accessible for all users.

What You Will Be Doing

• Solve challenging problems that arise in providing an interactive experience on data warehouses for data exploration and analysis
• Build with modern tools and languages like Rust, Go, GraphQL, Node, and Kubernetes
• Build backend distributed services, new algorithms and modern API to support a cloud application
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues
• Design and implement new software features to support our fast growing user base
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies

Qualifications We Need

• 5+ years industry experience building and maintaining high‑quality software
• Experience building and deploying robust and secure web applications in a continuous deployment environment
• Desire to be a great teammate and have fun at work without compromising ownership towards your work
• Strong sense of craftsmanship, and a healthy academic curiosity to solve challenges at sigma
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals

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

• Data driven aptitude and its application to solve distributed system problems
• Data model design, and API development experience
• SQL query optimization and database internals
• Administered cloud service infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Prior experience working at high growth company solving technical problems to enable continued success

Additional Job details

The base salary range for this position is $240k - $270k 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.

About us:

Sigma is the AI apps and analytics platform connected to the cloud data warehouse. Using Sigma, business and technical teams can build intelligent, production‑ready AI apps that accelerate and automate operational workflows. Sigma provides a spreadsheet interface, SQL and Python editors, visual builders, and native AI to help teams turn live data into interactive applications, analysis, reports, and embedded experiences.

Sigma announced its $200M in Series D financing in May 2024, to continue transforming BI through its innovations in AI infrastructure, data application development, enterprise‑wide collaboration, and business user adoption. Spark Capital and Avenir Growth Capital co‑led the Series D funding round, with additional participation from a group of past investors including Snowflake Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.The Series D funding, raised at a valuation 60% higher than the company’s Series C round three years ago, promises to further accelerate Sigma’s growth.

Come join us!

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 Computing 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, or veteran 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, and London.

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