Senior Software Engineer - Compiler for AI Apps

About the Role

Join Sigma Computing as a Senior Software Engineer - Compiler, where you'll play a pivotal role in redefining business intelligence through our innovative platform. This Senior Software Engineer - Compiler remote position focuses on transforming user-driven spreadsheet interactions into optimized SQL queries, ensuring seamless analytics on cloud data warehouses.

What You'll Do

• Address core challenges at the intersection of data modeling, query compilation, and large-scale interactive analytics, enabling users to efficiently query data warehouses without deep technical knowledge.
• Design, build, and maintain sophisticated compiler infrastructure that translates spreadsheet operations into optimized query plans.
• Apply advanced optimization strategies to enhance performance and accuracy across diverse query workloads and data architectures.
• Contribute to backend development using Rust and frontend foundations with TypeScript, evolving critical abstractions for end-to-end workflow optimizations.
• Debug, analyze, and resolve complex issues to ensure robustness and maintainability in a rapidly evolving product.
• Collaborate with engineers and product stakeholders to review designs and code, driving technical best practices and architectural decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience engineering high-quality software systems.
• Demonstrated success in building and maintaining complex infrastructure or core platform services.
• Deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, particularly in compilers, algorithms, and SQL optimization.
• Passion for teamwork, technical ownership, and continually raising the engineering bar.
• Experience working in an iterative, high-cadence environment.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to distributed systems, query optimization, or database internals.
• Experience with API or data model design in high-performance cloud services.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
• A curiosity for new languages and tools, and a drive to solve challenging problems at scale (Rust, Go, Node, K8s, GraphQL).

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range of $170k - $235k annually.
• Eligible for stock options and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Generous health benefits and flexible time off policy.
• Paid bonding time for all new parents.
• Traditional and Roth 401k options.
• Commuter and FSA benefits.
• Lunch program and a dog-friendly office environment.

Join us at Sigma Computing, where we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We look forward to learning how your experience can help us grow.