Sift Stack, Inc. · San Francisco, CAremote

Salary
$140,000–$200,000
Posted
Jul 21, 2026
Location
San Francisco, CA
Last confirmed open
Jul 23, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

This is a full-stack product engineering role focused on building AI agents that help hardware engineers analyze telemetry data — detecting anomalies, generating dashboards, and running analysis that would otherwise require manual scripting. The work spans frontend chat interfaces, backend APIs, sandboxed code execution, context and memory management, evaluation pipelines, and production infrastructure. It suits engineers who want direct customer contact and end-to-end ownership of a shipped product area.

Mid level · 3+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Full-time

Pay in the description: $150,000–$200,000

Must have (3)
React or Next.jsREST or GrpcGo, Python or Rust
Nice to have (22)
LLMsagentic systemsMCPKubernetesEChartsPostgreSQLProtobufReduxTypeScriptRadixArrowDataFusionFlinkParquetArgo CDAWSDockerGitHub ActionsGrafanaTerragruntLinuxKustomize

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

Posted 4 times — it's one opening, so apply once.

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 2,850 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,150–3,750

Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.

What won't set you apart
Go51%React40%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). This posting is about at that midpoint.

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (6)

The role is hybrid, not fully remote — candidates work in-person at Marina Del Rey (LA) on Mondays and Thursdays, with a full-week offsite every two months. Relocation to LA or working from the SF office is offered for the right candidate.

The requirements section uses 'technologies like React, NextJS, or similar' and 'Go, Python, Rust, or similar' — these are hard-gated capability requirements (frontend web apps, backend APIs/services) with named interchangeable options, not optional preferences.

All stack technologies (ECharts, PostgreSQL, Protobuf, Redux, TypeScript, Radix, Arrow, DataFusion, Flink, Parquet, Argo CD, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Prometheus, Terragrunt, Linux, Kustomize) appear only in the 'Engineering At SIFT' stack narrative section, not in the requirements block.

LLM/agentic skills (LLMs, agentic systems, MCP, Kubernetes, sandboxed code execution) appear under 'Bonus Points' and are marked preferred accordingly.

The posting is ITAR/EAR-controlled and requires U.S. person status (citizen, LPR, asylee, or refugee), but does not require a formal US government security clearance.

Seniority is assessed as Mid: the role requires 3+ years and full-stack ownership, but the title carries no level modifier and the scope is a single product area within an early-stage startup — consistent with a mid-level individual contributor.

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