At Sift, we’re accelerating the development of next-generation machines with the world’s first observability stack for hardware sensor data — and we’re expanding our team.

Sift’s founders started this company to enable private and government entities to operate smoother and innovate faster. Our focus is on creating a better world for tomorrow, and we’re making an impact with our highly specialized expertise.

By joining us, you’ll help shape future-focused data infrastructure that will power spacecraft, satellite constellations, renewable energy, autonomous transportation, and more.

Sift is seeking interns passionate about solving complex engineering problems and learning what it takes to build a fast-growing startup for our Summer 2025 cohort.

In This Role, You'll:

Design and build a high-performance, scalable, end-to-end data platform for hardware engineering
Design and build a delightful user interface for visualizing and transforming millions of data points
Collaborate with team members on architecture, design, and code reviews

What You'll Bring:

You will graduate in fall 2025 or spring 2026 with a Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or STEM discipline
Experience building software using Go, Python, or an equivalent language
Passionate learner who’s excited to solve ambiguous problems
Team player with excellent communication skills and a collaborative work ethic

Bonus Points:

Experience with relational and non-relational databases, e.g., PostgreSQL, Druid, Pinot, Timescale, or similar
Experience with data exploration tools like Grafana, Jupyter Notebooks, Metabase, PowerBI, or similar
Front-end experience in React or a similar JavaScript framework

Engineering at Sift:

You’ll gain insights and learnings around the early stages of building a product. Relevant technologies include:

Web frontend & backend: Go, React, TypeScript, WebAssembly, D3.js, WebGL, and Tailwind
Data: Parquet, Flink, Kafka, Beam, DuckDB, Timescale, QuestDB, InfluxDB, and Druid
Infrastructure: GitHub Actions, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform

Our Team:

We’re comprised of senior engineers and operators from SpaceX, Google, Palantir, and more. We believe that the best software is written by those close to the source of the problem. One of our founders, Karthik, was a Dragon flight software lead responsible for two Dragon missions to the ISS. His team used SpaceX’s end-to-end data platform before, during, and after every Dragon mission. Our other co-founder, Austin, was a lead on Starlink’s tools team, responsible for the platform that collected data from thousands of Starlink satellites for exploration and data review.

Location:

The Sift team is based in Los Angeles. We work closely with hardware companies, many of which are based in LA, building everything from autonomous vehicles to spacecraft. Being nearby for site visits and collaboration is essential for a customer-centric company. This internship requires coming into the office four times weekly, Monday through Thursday.

Benefits:

Competitive salary
Free lunch, snacks, & coffee

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