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As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will design and build scalable platforms for ingesting large amounts of data while defining core architecture and collaborating with peers on engineering culture and ...

Staff Backend Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$75K - $500K/yr

Staff Backend Engineer Location: London or New York City Onsite Full-time Compensation: competitive Our client is a high-performance technology development firm responsible for building and operating ...

About the Role Join our fast-growing startup as a Staff Backend Engineer and help scale the backbone of our platform and expand into new product categories. We are a dynamic, high-growth company ...

About the Role Join our fast-growing startup as a Staff Backend Engineer and help scale the backbone of our platform and expand into new product categories. We are a dynamic, high-growth company ...

Staff Backend Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$75K - $500K/yr

Staff Backend Engineer Location: London or New York City Onsite | Full-time Compensation: competitive Our client is a high-performance technology development firm responsible for building and ...

Staff Backend Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$75K - $500K/yr

Staff Backend Engineer Location: London or New York City Onsite | Full-time Compensation: competitive Our client is a high-performance technology development firm responsible for building and ...

The opportunity Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we're excited to hire Staff Back End Engineers to join our growing Engineering organization. We have multiple teams hiring ...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto - this is an onsite role in New York or London. As a Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in building ...

The opportunity Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we're excited to hire Staff Back End Engineers to join our growing Engineering organization. We have multiple teams hiring ...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto - this is a fully onsite role in NYC or London. As a Backend Engineer focused on data, youll design and scale our ...

Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

We are looking for a talented Staff Backend Engineer to help us craft user-friendly, responsive, and secure interfaces that operate reliably at scale and enhance the healthcare experience for both ...

Staff Backend Engineer

Mountain View, CA · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

We are looking for a talented Staff Backend Engineer to help us craft user-friendly, responsive, and secure interfaces that operate reliably at scale and enhance the healthcare experience for both ...

Staff Backend Engineer

Mountain View, CA · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

We are looking for a talented Staff Backend Engineer to help us craft user-friendly, responsive, and secure interfaces that operate reliably at scale and enhance the healthcare experience for both ...

Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site +1

$180K - $230K/yr

The Role We're looking for a software engineer to join our Asset Operations Backend team and help power the clean energy transition. In this role, you'll work at the intersection of data science ...

Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$290K - $400K/yr

DoorDash and Giga Partnership The Role We're looking for a staff engineer to help shape the technical direction of our backend systems. You'll lead complex projects, make architectural decisions that ...

Staff Backend Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$200K - $400K/yr

The Role We're looking for a staff engineer to help shape the technical direction of our backend systems. You'll lead complex projects, make architectural decisions that affect the whole platform ...

Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or another STEM discipline * 7+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure roles. * Strong understanding of distributed systems ...

Staff Backend Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

We are looking for a talented Staff Backend Engineer to help us craft user-friendly, responsive, and secure interfaces that operate reliably at scale and enhance the healthcare experience for both ...

What you will do As a Backend Engineer, you will be a key driver in building and scaling the systems that power the WeightWatchers member experience. You will own the technical design and ...

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As of Jul 11, 2026, the average yearly pay for staff backend engineer in the United States is $147,662.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $124,000.00 and $172,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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Staff Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Engineer

Sift

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Full-time

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Job description

Job Summary:
Siftstack is redefining how modern machines are built, tested, and operated, focusing on real-time observability over high-frequency telemetry. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will design and build scalable platforms for ingesting large amounts of data while defining core architecture and collaborating with peers on engineering culture and standards.
Responsibilities:
• Design and build a horizontally scalable platform for ingesting millions of hardware sensor data points per second
• Develop durable, efficient database solutions to support real-time reads and large-scale analytics workloads
• Pioneer data architecture by integrating recent innovations in streaming and storage, including cloud-native and diskless designs
• Help define engineering culture, standards, and processes
• Collaborate closely with peers on architecture, design, code reviews, and scaling strategies
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or another STEM discipline
• 7+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or data engineering roles
• Hands-on experience with event-time-based stream processing or streaming SQL systems using tools like Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, Beam, or similar
• Proficiency with relational and time-series databases like PostgreSQL, Druid, Pinot, TimescaleDB, or equivalent
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems or low-latency backend services, ideally written in Go, Rust, or Python
• Familiarity with DevOps and cloud infrastructure tools such as Kubernetes, Prometheus, ArgoCD, and Terraform
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving
• U.S. Citizenship or Green Card status is required to meet ITAR / EAR compliance requirements
Preferred:
• Familiarity with telemetry data from hardware systems, high-throughput ingest pipelines, or columnar storage formats like Apache Arrow and Parquet
• Experience building resilient, performant systems that scale to billions of records
• Curiosity about new data paradigms and eagerness to evaluate and integrate emerging tools and techniques
Company:
Sift offers transformative tools for machine creators to innovate at speed and scale. Founded in 2021, the company is headquartered in El Segundo, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.