Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Sigma is transforming how 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. In this role, you will own the design and implementation of backend distributed services that power a cloud application serving a fast growing user base. You will solve challenging problems that arise in providing an interactive experience on data warehouses for data exploration and analysis. You will collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices across the technologies we use. You will triage product or system issues and debug, track, and resolve them by analyzing the sources of issues. You will design and implement new software features to align with product goals and user needs.

Key facts

What you'll do

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, and 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.

Contribute to data model design, and API development that aligns with product direction.

Optimize SQL query performance and reason about database internals to improve platform reliability.

Requirements

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.

Data driven aptitude and its application to solve distributed system problems.

SQL query optimization and database internals knowledge.

Administered cloud service infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure).

Prior experience working at high growth company solving technical problems to enable continued success.

Nice to have

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.

Practical notes

This role is full-time and based in San Francisco, CA.

You must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for this role.

The base salary range for this position is $170k - $240k annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience.

This role is eligible for stock options, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

Employment is contingent on successful completion of background checks.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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