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Staff Software Engineer in USA

Beacon Biosignals
Full time
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USA
10/08/2026
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Remote

Responsibilities

Lead design and architecture for complex Datastore systems and make trade-offs based on engineering principles and data.
Design and operate PostgreSQL data models, schemas, indexes, query plans, migrations, access controls, and production database infrastructure.
Build and maintain Kafka-driven event pipelines, including producers, consumers, replay, idempotency, and handling lagging consumers.
Develop and evolve the GraphQL API, backend services, third-party integrations, and pipelines that deliver dataset snapshots to the warehouse.
Debug and profile ambiguous cross-system problems while improving code structure, test coverage, tooling, documentation, and dashboards.
Draft RFCs, lead technical design and discovery, and collaborate with product, scientific, clinical, platform, application, and support teams.
Mentor engineers, provide actionable feedback, contribute to team planning, and improve engineering practices.

Requirements

7+ years of backend development experience, including at least 3 years focused on data platforms and backend infrastructure for data-centric applications.
Deep proficiency in at least one of data modeling, distributed systems, API design, or database engineering.
Strong production SQL and PostgreSQL experience, including schema design, indexes, query tuning, query plans, and database operations.
Hands-on data streaming and event-processing experience with Kafka or an equivalent such as RabbitMQ, Pulsar, or Amazon Kinesis.
Proficiency in Julia or Python; Julia experience is preferred but not required.
Experience deploying and operating services in containerized environments, with familiarity with Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Helm.
Experience mentoring engineers and improving team practices, tooling, test coverage, or documentation.
For the Datastore Systems focus, experience with GraphQL and TypeScript/JavaScript, including Node.js, and end-to-end event-driven pipeline design.
For the PostgreSQL & Data Modeling focus, deep knowledge of query planning, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, schema design, zero-downtime migrations, replication, backup and restore, connection pooling, vacuum behavior, and extensions.
Strong collaboration, communication, self-direction, and ability to work effectively in asynchronous, remote-friendly teams.
Experience with or interest in production use of LLM-assisted or agentic coding tools and appropriate guardrails.

Benefits

100% remote work from anywhere in the U.S.
In-person office hubs are available in Boston, New York City, and Paris.
Total compensation includes equity, paid time off, and other benefits.

Salary: $170k - $190k/yr

Beacon Biosignals

Beacon Biosignals builds an AI platform and FDA-cleared at-home EEG wearables used by biopharma and clinicians to develop and deliver treatments for neurological, psychiatric, and sleep disorders. It sells clinical development services and software for brain-signal analysis to life sciences partn...

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