Staff Backend Software Engineer

• Sigma is transforming how businesses run by delivering a high performance platform on the modern data architecture
• You will be part of a talented team of engineers with a shared mission to make data easily accessible for all users
• 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

Benefits

• Competitive pay: Competitive salaries aligned with market rates—because we value your experience and contributions.
• Flexible Schedule: Work in the way that suits you—Sigma supports flexibility in how and when you work best.
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
• 401(k) Plan: Plan for your future with our 401(k) offering.
• Bi-annual Hackathons: Make, create, innovate—hack alongside peers twice a year.
• Unlimited Time Off: Recharge when you need—no limits on vacation days.
• Health & Wellness: Support for your overall well-being. We offer Carrot Pro, Wellhub+, Rightway, and OneMedical.
• Parental Leave: Paid leave to welcome new family members.
• Unagi Scooters: Zip to work on us with Unagi scooter benefits provided for free!
• Daily Lunches, Office Snacks, Coffee: Good vibes and great taste—lunch provided daily through DoorDash, unlimited snacks, coffee, tea, Celsius, and more!
• Professional Development & Career Growth: Clear career progression paths and room to grow into leadership, Support for conferences, L&D, and career growth.
• Commuter benefits
• Lunch reimbursement
• Pension with 3% match

• 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
• Desire to be a great teammate and have fun at work without compromising ownership towards your work
• 5+ years industry experience building and maintaining high-quality software
• Experience building and deploying robust and secure web applications in a continuous deployment environment
• 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
• 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

• This hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making