Deployment Engineer

Sieve•San Francisco, CA

2d•$150,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

Sieve is a multimodal lab curating training datasets across video, audio, images, text, and 3D. The company combines large-scale data infrastructure with multimodal understanding techniques to support foundation models and applications such as creativity, communication, gaming, AR/VR, and robotics. The Deployment Engineer will travel globally to launch and scale hardware and data collection operations. The role owns the technical work of bringing sites online, including setting up camera rigs and local infrastructure and ensuring data is captured correctly and uploaded reliably. It is based in San Francisco and requires spending 75%–85% of working time traveling globally and working on-site in different countries. This is a hands-on software engineering position with substantial fieldwork. The engineer will debug upload pipelines, install hardware at new sites, and train local engineers, working with site partners, the engineering team, and local operators to resolve issues and keep deployments running. As the company enters new countries, the engineer will help build local technical teams by identifying and interviewing candidates, onboarding engineers, and equipping and training them to operate deployments independently. The engineer will also use field experience to improve software, deployment tools, and repeatable processes, and may assist with local operations as needed to bring sites online.

Requirements

Strong computer science fundamentals through a CS degree or equivalent practical experience.
Ability to write code, debug unfamiliar systems, and ship practical solutions quickly.
Ideally a couple of years of software engineering experience, with evidence of independently building and shipping work; exceptional recent graduates are welcome.
Comfort working across software, hardware, networking, and data uploads, with the ability to learn unfamiliar areas quickly.
Strong people skills, including building trust with site partners, explaining technical issues clearly, and training people with differing levels of technical experience.
Ability to take an ambiguous goal, determine what needs to happen, and follow through without a detailed playbook.
Very fast execution, with the judgment to verify deployments work reliably before moving on.
Based in San Francisco and willing to spend 75%–85% of working time traveling globally to launch and support deployments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cameras, embedded systems, Linux, networking, or large data transfers.
Experience hiring, onboarding, or leading a small technical team.
Experience launching projects internationally or working at an early-stage startup.
Ability to speak multiple languages.

Responsibilities

Travel globally to launch and support hardware and data collection deployments.
Set up camera rigs and local infrastructure at deployment sites.
Ensure data is captured correctly and uploaded reliably.
Debug upload pipelines and unfamiliar systems, and implement practical software solutions.
Work with site partners, the engineering team, and local operators to resolve problems and keep deployments running smoothly.
Identify and interview candidates for local technical teams in new countries.
Onboard and train local engineers so they can run deployments independently.
Use field learnings to improve software, deployment tools, and repeatable launch processes.
Assist with local operations as needed to get sites up and running.