Senior Backend Engineer

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Key Beliefs

• We believe in in-person collaboration, internally and with customers / partners
• We believe meetings are for shaping / problem solving, not status updates
• We believe in order to win, this is a team sport and hold one another accountable to a high bar, publicly
• We believe in first principles and a beginner mindset
• We believe in a bias for action and speed
• We believe in doing the hard things and making trade-offs

Benefits + Perks

We value you at and outside of work and know your loved ones are important. Our benefits are designed to support you and your family’s health through life’s expected and unexpected events.

Our Benefits Include

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About Sight Machine, Inc.

Sight Machine strengthens manufacturers by providing the industry’s best manufacturing AI and data platform, and system‑level visualization capabilities. Our innovative platform integrates all critical data into a single, intuitive platform, enabling everyone involved in the fabrication process to visualize, contextualize and analyze information seamlessly. Leveraging 3D technology and AI capabilities allows plant operators and managers to get real‑time visibility into their manufacturing lines and AI / ML recommendations help improve production, yield and uptime.

Sight Machine is committed and mission‑driven to improve lives, strengthen communities and make the world cleaner by continuously re‑envisioning and improving manufacturing processes, making them more efficient, sustainable and absolute. Founded in Michigan in 2011 and expanded to San Francisco in 2012, Sight Machine blends the Silicon Valley spirit of technology innovation and the down‑to‑earth style of Detroit manufacturing. Together, we bring deep industry expertise and a shared commitment to advancing manufacturing towards a more sustainable future.

At Sight Machine, you will work with manufacturing leaders across industries including food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, automotive, packaging, etc. You will have access to vast amounts of factory floor data, learn how the products you use every day are made, using that knowledge to uncover insights into how customers manufacture products and develop solutions to critical business challenges. Our platform tackles complex problems, including Extract Transform Load (ETL), information retrieval, data aggregation and analytics, factory automation, distributed computing, security, and is leading the expansion into machine learning, agentic and physical AI applications.

We place great value on professional, technical, and personal growth in an inclusive, collaborative environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology and brings a strong, can‑do attitude. They must be able to work in a highly dynamic environment with a good degree of ambiguity. They believe in the company’s mission and are all‑in to make themselves and the company successful.

Requirements

Qualifications

Nice to haves

The Pay Range For This Role Is 175,000 - 240,000 USD per year (SF Office)

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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Sight Machine is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers candidates regardless of age, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Sight Machine also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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