SiftStack
Forward Deployed Engineer
$125K–$175K
San Francisco, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in software engineering or data engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or a STEM discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder due to ITAR/EAR compliance requirements.
About the job
Adapts Sift’s telemetry platform to customer engineering needs by building integrations and custom solutions, and partners with customers and internal teams to improve workflows and product capabilities.
What you'll do
- Understand customer technical challenges and develop custom solutions and integrations using Sift APIs.
- Translate customer requirements into feedback for product and engineering teams, and create integrations with engineering tools.
- Support customer onboarding and training while building trusted technical partnerships.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering.
- Proficiency in Python and familiarity with REST APIs.
- Basic understanding of data analysis and visualization techniques.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or a STEM discipline.
Nice to have
- Experience with aerospace systems, satellite operations, autonomous vehicles, data streaming, time-series databases, SQL, cloud platforms, complex-system integrations, or machine learning/AI applications in engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies.
Pay
USD $125,000 - $175,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, REST APIs, Kafka, InfluxDB, SQL, AWS, GCP, Azure
AI focus
Bonus experience includes machine learning or AI applications in engineering.
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