Sift is redefining how modern machines are built, tested, and operated by providing a platform for real-time observability over high-frequency telemetry, eliminating bottlenecks and enabling faster, more reliable development. The company needs an early engineer to help define the architecture, shape the product, and influence the culture of a company focused on solving real engineering problems.
Requirements
- 3+ years of relevant distributed systems experience focusing on designing and managing cloud-based environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration platforms.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems.
- Knowledge of automated testing best practices and frameworks, ensuring software reliability through integration, performance, and end-to-end testing in distributed systems.
- Experience with our tech stack: Go, Java, React, TypeScript, Kafka/Redpanda, Flink, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform/CDK
- Good knowledge of cloud, on-prem, networking, and service architecture in multi-region multi-cloud setups.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions to support our growing platform and customer base.
- Collaborate with software engineers to optimize application performance and reliability.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure proactive identification and resolution of issues.
- Automate deployment processes and streamline infrastructure management using modern DevOps tools and methodologies.
- Evolve our backend architecture/infrastructure for both cloud and on-premise deployments.
- Lead initiatives to improve infrastructure reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
Other
- You’re excited by the ambiguity and high-ownership culture of early-stage startups.
- You are pragmatic, solution-oriented, and scrappy.
- You enjoy working collaboratively with a broad range of job functions and roles.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual such as an asylee or refugee in compliance with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) / EAR (Export Administration Regulations) regulations.
- We collaborate in person twice a week—on Mondays and Thursdays—and come together for a full week every two months.
