Software Engineer, Backend (Agentic AI)

What this role involves

Sift is building AI agents for hardware engineering teams to analyze telemetry from rockets, satellites, and autonomous vehicles. This backend engineering role involves designing and operating agentic systems, building distributed infrastructure on Kubernetes, and integrating frontier models. The role requires 3+ years of experience and ownership of product areas from customer interaction to shipping.

Skills this posting asks for

• go
• python
• rust
• rest
• grpc
• kubernetes
• kafka
• flink
• timescaledb
• mcp
• llm
• agentic systems
• distributed systems
• streaming
• time-series data

Requirements

• 3 years of experience
• Level: mid

From the employer’s posting

ABOUT SIFT Sift is the data infrastructure platform for hardware engineering teams. We turn high-frequency telemetry into engineering insights for mission-critical machines: rockets, satellites, autonomous vehicles, energy systems, and defense platforms. Founded by former SpaceX engineers, we are…