About the role

Role overview

Join Sift as a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to help define the architecture, shape the product, and influence engineering culture. You’ll work on complex technical challenges, building fast, intuitive interfaces for data exploration and partnering closely with backend teams.

Key missions

Contribute to architecture and product design as a senior engineer.
Build high-performance data visualization interfaces and reusable component libraries.
Collaborate with backend teams to design and implement APIs that enable smooth user experiences.

Responsibilities

Develop clean, maintainable frontend code.
Build and launch production features for data-driven tools and dashboards.
Optimize web performance and browser rendering.

Requirements

5+ years building web applications and data-driven tools.
Strong experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
Proficiency with modern CSS (Tailwind) and component libraries (Radix UI) to build design systems.
Strong understanding of web performance optimization and browser rendering.
Experience building tools for technical users (e.g., dashboards, data-editing environments).
Evidence of shipping/maintaining side projects with consistent usage.

Nice-to-haves

Background in scientific computing or technical data visualization.
Experience with visualization/compute technologies such as WebGL, D3.js, Apache ECharts, and time-series data.
Knowledge of WebAssembly and browser-based computation.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO, top-tier health insurance, free lunch, snacks, and coffee.

About Sift

Sift is a technology company building products that help users explore and work with data. The role focuses on developing high-performance data visualization interfaces and reusable UI component libraries, indicating strong emphasis on data-driven web experiences and modern frontend engineering.

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