{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"99e42c6773e24c6c6b96b45d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/99e42c6773e24c6c6b96b45d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/99e42c6773e24c6c6b96b45d","title":"Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure","description":"Join to apply for the Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure role at Sift\r\nAt Sift, we're redefining how modern machines are built, tested, and operated. Our platform gives engineers real-time observability over high-frequency telemetry—eliminating bottlenecks and enabling faster, more reliable development.\r\nSift was born from our work at SpaceX on Dragon, Falcon, Starlink, and Starship—where scaling telemetry, debugging flight systems, and ensuring mission reliability demanded new infrastructure. Founded by a team from SpaceX, Google, and Palantir, Sift is built for mission-critical systems where precision and scalability are non-negotiable.\r\nAs an early engineer at Sift, you won't just write code—you'll help define the architecture, shape the product, and influence the culture of a company focused on solving real engineering problems. If you're looking for complex technical challenges and the opportunity to build foundational systems supporting complex machines from the ground up, we want to hear from you.\r\nAbout The Role The Forward Deployed Infrastructure team is responsible for maintaining our cloud, private VPC, and on-premise deployments. We have an increasing number of environments to deploy and maintain. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure, you'll bridge the gap between Sift's cutting-edge infrastructure capabilities and our customers' complex deployment challenges. You'll work directly with customer teams to deploy and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions while partnering with customers to understand their technical challenges and adapt Sift's deployment to meet their needs.\r\nYou will report to our Forward Deployed Engineering Lead and play a critical role in delivering infrastructure solutions that enable our customers' success with next-generation machines.\r\nIn This Role, You'll Deploy and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions to support our growing platform and customer base\r\nCollaborate with forward deployed software engineers to optimize application performance and reliability\r\nPartner with customers to understand their technical challenges and adapt Sift's deployment to meet their needs\r\nImplement monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure proactive identification and resolution of issues\r\nReduce manual deployment processes and streamline infrastructure management using modern DevOps tools and methodologies\r\nTroubleshoot production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations\r\nParticipate in an on-call support schedule\r\nBuild strong, trust-based relationships with customers, acting as a technical partner and advocate\r\nThe Skillset You'll Bring 3+ years of relevant distributed systems experience focusing on designing and managing cloud-based (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem environments\r\nHands-on experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration platforms\r\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems\r\nKnowledge of automated testing best practices and frameworks, ensuring software reliability through integration, performance, and end-to-end testing in distributed systems\r\nExperience with our tech stack: AWS, Docker, Flink, Go, Java, Kubernetes, React, Redpanda, Rust, TypeScript, and Terragrunt (or equivalent technologies)\r\nGood knowledge of cloud, on-prem, networking, and service architecture in multi-region multi-cloud setups\r\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences\r\nStrong problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail\r\nBachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or a STEM discipline\r\nWhat We're Looking For Someone who's excited by the ambiguity and high-ownership culture of early-stage startups\r\nAn engineer who is pragmatic, solution-oriented, and scrappy\r\nA collaborative team player who can work effectively with customers, engineers, and go-to-market teams\r\nSomeone comfortable interfacing directly with customers, particularly during deployment and operational support, and can communicate technical concepts clearly and professionally\r\nWillingness to travel up to 50%\r\nWillingness to obtain a U.S. security clearance\r\nEngineering 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:\r\nWeb frontend & backend: ECharts, Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Protobuf, Radix, React, Redux, and TypeScript\r\nData: Arrow, DataFusion, Flink, Parquet, and Rust\r\nInfrastructure: Argo CD, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Kubernetes, Kustomize, Linux, Prometheus, and Terragrunt\r\nLocation: Sift's headquarters is in El Segundo, CA . We collaborate in person twice a week—on Mondays and Thursdays —and come together for a full week every two months. While we prefer team members to be local, we're open to relocating candidates to LA or considering remote work from the San Francisco area for the right candidate.\r\nSalary range: $150,000 - $200,000 per year. 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Our platform gives engineers real-time observability over high-frequency telemetry—eliminating bottlenecks and enabling faster, more reliable development.\r\nSift was born from our work at SpaceX on Dragon, Falcon, Starlink, and Starship—where scaling telemetry, debugging flight systems, and ensuring mission reliability demanded new infrastructure. Founded by a team from SpaceX, Google, and Palantir, Sift is built for mission-critical systems where precision and scalability are non-negotiable.\r\nAs an early engineer at Sift, you won't just write code—you'll help define the architecture, shape the product, and influence the culture of a company focused on solving real engineering problems. 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