Sigma Computing
Technology
StaffSoftwareEngineer-Backend
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“Staff Software Engineer - Backend at Sigma Computing. Skills: Backend distributed services, Cloud application support, Data exploration, Data analysis. Solve challenging problems. Build with modern tools”
Industry & Context.
Solve challenging problems; Debug issues; Track issues; Resolve issues; Analyze sources of issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years industry experience, Building and deploying robust web applications, Building and deploying secure web applications, Experience in continuous deployment environment, Computer Science fundamentals
Nice to Have
Data driven aptitude, Data model design experience, API development experience, SQL query optimization experience, Database internals experience, Administered cloud service infrastructure, Prior experience at high growth company, Solving technical problems to enable success
What You'll Do.
Solve challenging problems
Build with modern tools
Build backend distributed services
Support cloud application
Triage product issues
Analyze sources of issues
Design new software features
Implement new software features
Support fast growing user base
Collaborate with peers
Collaborate with stakeholders
Conduct design reviews
Ensure best practices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with peers; Collaborate with stakeholders; Design reviews; Code reviews
Full Job Description
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. 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. Co
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