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Sigma Computing

Staff AI/ML Engineer

Sigma Computing is hiring a Staff AI/ML Engineer in New York, United States. It pays $270k-$305k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Sigma Computing.

Level's read on this job

  • Builds AI ●●●● is how Level rates this machine learning engineer role: the job is building AI systems.
  • The listed pay starts 35% above the typical machine learning engineer posting on Level.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Databricks, AWS and Google Cloud.
  • Level classifies it as a lead role.
  • Level lists 76 other open roles at Sigma Computing.

AI in this role

Build and scale production-grade AI/ML systems, foundation models, and agentic workflows to power data analytics.

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About the Role

At Sigma, we’re not just adding AI—we’re building the future of how people work with data. Our platform already lets users explore billions of rows of data in seconds with a spreadsheet-like interface, analyze and present their data in workbooks, and build data apps and workflows. Now we’re pushing further, applying AI to reshape how people build in Sigma, discover insights, and make smarter decisions—fast.

That’s where you come in. As an AI/ML Engineer, you’ll join a growing team focused on building the AI foundation that will power Sigma for the future. Your work will become an integral part of the workflow for the thousands of enterprises that run on Sigma. 

What You’ll Do

  • Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to identify high-impact AI/ML opportunities
  • Prototype and productionize AI systems that feel intuitive but do a lot under the hood—recommendations, natural language interfaces, agentic workflows, and more
  • Develop and scale AI/ML infrastructure that powers both internal tooling and customer-facing features
  • Tackle novel UX problems at the intersection of AI, BI, and apps

What You Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (required)
  • 10+ years of experience building and deploying production-grade AI/ML systems
  • Deep knowledge of machine learning, deep learning, and applied AI
  • Experience across the full ML lifecycle: data curation, training, deployment, monitoring
  • A track record of building things that ship—whether it’s recommendations, search, machine translation, or something equally complex
  • Experience adapting or training foundation models (language or multimodal) for novel domains

Bonus Points (or skills you’ll build here)

  • You've built agents that can plan, reason, and use tools
  • You know your way around cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • You’ve worked in a fast-moving startup or high-growth environment

Additional Job details

The base salary range for this position is $270k - $305k annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work at Sigma Computing. This role is eligible for stock options, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

About us: 

Sigma is the AI Apps and agentic analytics platform built on the cloud data warehouse. Business and technical teams use Sigma to explore live data, build intelligent applications, and automate critical workflows all without moving data or breaking governance. Sigma supports a spreadsheet interface, SQL, Python, and native AI in a single governed workspace, giving every team the speed to act and IT the control to scale. Sigma is trusted by more than 2,000 customers, including AMD, Duolingo, Colgate-Palmolive, and JPMorgan Chase. 

Sigma announced its $80M in Series E financing in May 2026. The round was led by Princeville Capital, with new strategic investors Databricks Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, and Workday Ventures participating alongside returning investors Altimeter Capital, Avenir Growth Capital, D1 Capital Partners, K5 Global, NewView Capital, Spark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and XN. This milestone follows Sigma reaching $200M in annual recurring revenue in April 2026, with more than 100% year-over-year growth and 1.1 million new active users added in the latest fiscal year.

Come join us!

Benefits For Our Full-Time Employees:

  • Equity                                                                                                 
  • Generous health benefits
  • Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!
  • Paid bonding time for all new parents
  • Traditional and Roth 401k
  • Commuter and FSA benefits
  • Lunch Program
  • Dog friendly office

Sigma is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a smart and strong team regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran, or any other protected status. We look forward to learning how your experience can enable all of us to grow.

Note: We have an in-office work environment in all our offices in SF, NYC, London and Sydney. All roles have a 25% travel expectation unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Our Privacy Practices

When you submit a job application on this site, Sigma processes your personal data for the purposes of evaluating your candidacy for employment at Sigma and as otherwise needed throughout the recruitment and hiring process. Please review Sigma’s Candidate Privacy Notice for more details. Please note that your personal data may be transferred to a country other than the one in which it was provided (including to the USA, the UK, and Canada, Australia). 

Sigma’s use of AI

This hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making. 

How we rate this

Staff AI/ML Engineer at Sigma Computing rates 95 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Prepare for this job

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI agentsMachine learningDeep learningAI InfrastructureFoundation ModelsDatabricksAWSGoogle Cloud

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Pay

This job starts at
$270k
Typical machine learning engineer job
$199k

This posting starts 35% above the typical machine learning engineer job. See machine learning engineer jobs

Questions you could be asked

  1. How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
  2. Tell me about a project where machine learning was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where deep learning was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where ai infrastructure was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where foundation models was part of your work. What did you do?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Machine learning, Deep learning, AI Infrastructure, and Foundation Models. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
  • Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.

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