Sift develops the world's first end-to-end telemetry stack for next-generation machines, serving aerospace, aviation, defense, energy, and transportation sectors.

Sift is revolutionizing the development of next-generation machines with their pioneering end-to-end telemetry stack. Founded by former SpaceX leaders, including Dragon flight software lead Karthik Gollapudi and Starlink's tools team lead Austin Spiegel, the company brings extensive expertise in spacecraft and satellite systems. The team comprises top senior engineers from prestigious companies like SpaceX, Google, Palantir, and Amazon.

As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer at Sift, you'll be at the forefront of building scalable infrastructure and no-code visualization tools for companies in aerospace, aviation, defense, energy, and transportation sectors. The role involves designing and implementing high-performance data platforms and creating intuitive interfaces for complex data visualization.

The position offers an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, directly impacting the development of spacecraft, satellite constellations, renewable energy, and autonomous transportation. Based in Los Angeles (El Segundo), Sift operates in a hybrid environment, allowing close collaboration with hardware companies building revolutionary technologies.

This role is perfect for experienced engineers passionate about solving complex engineering problems and eager to contribute to a fast-growing startup. You'll work alongside industry veterans and directly with customers to shape the future of machine innovation. The company offers competitive benefits, including equity, comprehensive health coverage, and a collaborative work environment.

Senior/Staff Software Engineer role at Sift, building end-to-end telemetry stack for next-generation machines in aerospace and autonomous transportation.

Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Leading innovator in Digital Trust & Safety, helping companies prevent fraud and abuse through their AI-powered platform.

Sift, a leading innovator in Digital Trust & Safety, is seeking an experienced Sales Engineer to join their growing presales team in the enterprise segment. This role combines technical expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, supporting Enterprise Account Executives in distributing their fraud prevention solution to major businesses worldwide.

The ideal candidate will be part of a creative, technical problem-solving team that partners with prospects to tackle Digital Trust challenges. As a Sales Engineer, you'll need to master the Sift product suite and its machine learning technology, serving as both an internal and external voice for customers. The role involves demonstrating technical value to business and technical buyers, including C-Suite executives.

Key responsibilities include evangelizing the Sift platform, simplifying complex business challenges through custom integrations, developing internal processes, and influencing the product roadmap based on market feedback. The position requires a unique blend of technical proficiency (including programming languages like Python, Java, Ruby) and strong communication skills to explain complex concepts to various stakeholders.

This remote position offers competitive compensation ($131K-$177.2K), equity, and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision coverage, 401k, and education reimbursement. The role presents an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in fraud prevention while contributing to the growth of a dynamic organization trusted by companies like Zillow and Twitter.

Senior Sales Engineer position at Sift, combining technical expertise with customer-facing responsibilities in fraud prevention and digital trust solutions.

Sales Engineer

AI-powered fraud platform securing digital trust for leading global businesses, serving over 700 customers including DoorDash, Yelp, and Poshmark.

The Workflows Platform team at Sift is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their mission-critical services team that processes millions of workflow runs daily. This role focuses on building and maintaining workflow services that automate fraud decisions at scale. The position offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-powered technology, handling complex extracted signals and dynamic risk scores.

As a Senior Engineer, you'll be instrumental in shaping architecture, strengthening products, and improving toolsets for growing customer demands. The role requires expertise in building scalable, low-latency services and creating user-friendly web applications for workflow configuration and monitoring. You'll work with technologies like Java, Dropwizard, BigTable, BigQuery, Snowflake, Kafka, GCP, MongoDB, and Postgres.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering excellent end-to-end customer experiences, capable of tackling complex problems with scalable solutions, and experienced in taking ideas from concept to production. You'll join a team that processes millions of workflow runs daily, requiring both technical expertise and strong collaborative skills.

Working at Sift means joining a company that serves over 700 leading businesses, including DoorDash, Yelp, and Poshmark. The company offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work on challenging problems in fraud prevention and digital trust. This remote position provides flexibility while being part of a high-impact team shaping the future of digital trust and security.

Senior Software Engineer position at Sift, building scalable workflow services for fraud prevention, offering competitive pay and remote work flexibility.

Senior Software Engineer, Workflows Platform

Sift, an AI-powered fraud platform, is seeking a Staff Cloud Platform Engineer to join their Core Infrastructure team. This role is crucial in maintaining and optimizing the data, infrastructure, messaging, and services platform that powers Sift's online systems. The position offers a competitive compensation range of $164.2K – $222.2K and includes comprehensive benefits.

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in infrastructure/platform services or SRE roles, with deep expertise in cloud technologies, distributed systems, and infrastructure automation. You'll be responsible for designing and implementing fault-tolerant, multi-region systems, ensuring high availability and performance of Sift's primary storage systems.

Working with a modern tech stack including GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and various programming languages (Java, Python, Ruby), you'll tackle complex challenges related to data volume and request rates. The role involves building self-healing systems, optimizing workflows, and participating in on-call rotations.

Sift's platform processes over 1 trillion events annually, serving more than 700 customers including major brands like DoorDash, Yelp, and Poshmark. This position offers an opportunity to work on large-scale systems while contributing to digital trust and fraud prevention.

The company provides excellent benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k plan, education reimbursement, and flexible time off. The interview process is comprehensive but transparent, designed to assess technical skills while providing candidates with a clear understanding of the role and company culture.

Staff Cloud Platform Engineer position at Sift, focusing on core infrastructure and distributed systems, offering competitive compensation and remote work opportunity.

Sift Engineering Jobs

Sift develops the world's first end-to-end telemetry stack for next-generation machines, serving aerospace, aviation, defense, energy, and transportation sectors.