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Senior Software Engineer, Frontend
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Sift At Sift, were redefining how modern machines are built, tested, and operated. Our platform gives engineers real-time observability over high-frequency telemetryeliminating bottlenecks and enabling faster, more reliable development. Sift was born from our work at SpaceX on Dragon, Falcon, Starlink, and Starship, and was founded by a team from SpaceX, Google, and Palantir. Sift is built for mission-critical systems where precision and scalability are non-negotiable. In This Role, You'll Build high-performance data visualization interfaces and reusable component libraries for complex telemetry data Create intuitive user interfaces for data exploration while optimizing for large real-time datasets Collaborate with backend teams on API design and implementation for seamless user experiences Write clean, maintainable code and participate in technical design discussions
The Skillset You'll Bring
5+ years of professional experience building web applications and data-driven tools Strong experience building production applications with technologies like React, NextJS, and TypeScript Strong understanding of web performance optimization and browser rendering Experience with modern CSS (Tailwind) and component libraries (Radix UI) for building design systems
Bonus Points
Experience with technical visualization tools (WebGL, D3.js, Apache ECharts) and time-series data Knowledge of WebAssembly and browser-based computation Background in scientific computing or technical data visualization Experience building tools for technical users (dashboards, data-editing environments) Built and launched side projects with consistent usage traffic
Engineering At Sift
You'll have the opportunity to help evolve and scale our platform because we're still in the early stages of building the product. Relevant technologies include: Web frontend & backend: React, TypeScript, Redux, Tailwind, WebAssembly, D3.js, WebGL, and Go Data: Parquet, Flink, Kafka, Redpanda, Beam, DuckDB, Timescale, QuestDB, InfluxDB, and Druid Infrastructure: GitHub Actions, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
Location
Sifts headquarters is in El Segundo, CA. We collaborate in person twice a weekon Mondays and Thursdaysand come together for a full week every two months. While we prefer team members to be local, were open to relocating candidates to LA or remote work from the San Francisco area for the right candidate. Salary range: $170,000 - $220,000 per year. Plus equity and benefits. Eligibility
US Person Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder due to ITAR/EAR compliance requirements. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Software Development
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Senior Software Engineer, Frontend
role at
Sift At Sift, were redefining how modern machines are built, tested, and operated. Our platform gives engineers real-time observability over high-frequency telemetryeliminating bottlenecks and enabling faster, more reliable development. Sift was born from our work at SpaceX on Dragon, Falcon, Starlink, and Starship, and was founded by a team from SpaceX, Google, and Palantir. Sift is built for mission-critical systems where precision and scalability are non-negotiable. In This Role, You'll Build high-performance data visualization interfaces and reusable component libraries for complex telemetry data Create intuitive user interfaces for data exploration while optimizing for large real-time datasets Collaborate with backend teams on API design and implementation for seamless user experiences Write clean, maintainable code and participate in technical design discussions
The Skillset You'll Bring
5+ years of professional experience building web applications and data-driven tools Strong experience building production applications with technologies like React, NextJS, and TypeScript Strong understanding of web performance optimization and browser rendering Experience with modern CSS (Tailwind) and component libraries (Radix UI) for building design systems
Bonus Points
Experience with technical visualization tools (WebGL, D3.js, Apache ECharts) and time-series data Knowledge of WebAssembly and browser-based computation Background in scientific computing or technical data visualization Experience building tools for technical users (dashboards, data-editing environments) Built and launched side projects with consistent usage traffic
Engineering At Sift
You'll have the opportunity to help evolve and scale our platform because we're still in the early stages of building the product. Relevant technologies include: Web frontend & backend: React, TypeScript, Redux, Tailwind, WebAssembly, D3.js, WebGL, and Go Data: Parquet, Flink, Kafka, Redpanda, Beam, DuckDB, Timescale, QuestDB, InfluxDB, and Druid Infrastructure: GitHub Actions, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
Location
Sifts headquarters is in El Segundo, CA. We collaborate in person twice a weekon Mondays and Thursdaysand come together for a full week every two months. While we prefer team members to be local, were open to relocating candidates to LA or remote work from the San Francisco area for the right candidate. Salary range: $170,000 - $220,000 per year. Plus equity and benefits. Eligibility
US Person Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder due to ITAR/EAR compliance requirements. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Software Development
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Sift by 2x #J-18808-Ljbffr