# Senior Software Engineer - Backend

**Company:** [Sigma](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sigma)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $170k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Rust, Go, GraphQL, Node.js, Kubernetes, SQL, GCP, AWS, Azure, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-06-10

> Build backend distributed services and APIs for a cloud data analytics platform using Rust, Go, GraphQL, and Kubernetes. Requires 5+ years experience building and deploying web applications.

## Job Description

## 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
- 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

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $170k - $240k annually
- Eligible for stock options
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Equity
- Generous health benefits
- Flexible time off policy
- Paid bonding time for all new parents
- Traditional and Roth 401k
- Commuter and FSA benefits
- Lunch Program
- Dog friendly office

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