Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
Platform Science- Full Time
- Senior (5 to 8 years)
Candidates should possess 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure roles, with a demonstrated focus on distributed systems and platform-level challenges. They must have deep expertise in designing, scaling, and operating cloud-native systems on AWS or GCP, and a strong understanding of infrastructure technologies such as GCP, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Vault, Jenkins, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, Spark, Java 11, Python 3, Ruby 2.7, and Ruby on Rails.
As a Principal Cloud Platform Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and vision for Sift’s online infrastructure, ensuring it is highly available, performant, and scalable. You will drive architecture and design of immutable, fault-tolerant, multi-region infrastructure and services, solve high-scale, high-throughput problems, guide improvements to developer workflows, and architect and build robust internal libraries and platforms. Furthermore, you will develop proactive monitoring and self-healing systems, act as a strategic advisor to engineering teams, participate in and evolve the on-call strategy, mentor and coach senior engineers, and contribute to the overall resilience of critical services.
Real-time fraud detection and prevention platform
Sift provides a platform focused on detecting and preventing online fraud in real-time, catering to clients in e-commerce, fintech, and digital marketplaces. The platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze large datasets, allowing it to identify fraudulent activities effectively. One of its standout features is dynamic friction, which ensures that genuine users have a smooth experience while preventing fraudsters from accessing services. Sift's business model is subscription-based, with fees that depend on transaction volume and service level. Additionally, Sift offers services like chargeback management and dispute resolution, which add further value to its offerings. The company's goal is to enhance digital trust and safety for businesses by providing tools that help them make informed decisions and protect against fraud.