Staff Software Engineer
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Beacon BiosignalsDigital health
This role is 100% remote from anywhere in the U.S.Full-TimeStaff
SalaryThe US-based salary range for this role is $170,000 – $190,000. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes equity, PTO and other benefits.
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Job Details
- Experience
- 7+ years of backend development experience, including at least 3 years focused on data platforms and backend infrastructure for data-centric applications
- Required Skills
- GraphQLPostgreSQLPythonSQLKafkaKubernetesTerraformData modelingDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Have 7+ years of backend development experience, including at least 3 years focused on data platforms and backend infrastructure for data-centric applications.
- Be highly proficient in at least one relevant area: data modeling, distributed systems, API design, or database engineering.
- Have strong SQL proficiency and production experience using PostgreSQL as an application database; be able to tune queries and reason about schemas, indexes, and query plans.
- Have hands-on experience with data streaming and event processing using Kafka or an equivalent such as RabbitMQ, Pulsar, Amazon Kinesis, or another cloud-based equivalent.
- Be proficient in Julia or Python; Julia experience is a plus but is not required.
- Have experience deploying and operating services in containerized environments, with familiarity with Kubernetes and IaC tools such as Terraform or Helm.
- Have a track record of mentoring engineers and improving team practices, tooling, test coverage, or documentation.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in asynchronous and remote-friendly environments.
- Have a self-directed approach and a track record of thriving in hybrid or fully remote teams.
- Have experience with, or interest in, using LLM-assisted or agentic coding tools in production, with good judgment about guardrails.
- For the Datastore Systems focus, be prepared to work with GraphQL and TypeScript/JavaScript (Node.js) and design event-driven pipelines end to end.
- For the PostgreSQL and Data Modeling focus, be prepared to work on query planning, index selection, schema design and evolution, zero-downtime migrations, and PostgreSQL production operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead design and architecture for complex projects and systems within the Datastore, weighing trade-offs and supporting decisions with data.
- Translate requirements from product managers, scientific and clinical stakeholders, and other teams into integrations, services, and platform solutions.
- Debug and profile ambiguous problems that cross system boundaries, including in codebases beyond the Datastore.
- Implement features with attention to data integrity, design soundness, and maintainability.
- Draft RFCs to lead complex feature discovery and technical design, incorporate input, and align teams on decisions.
- Plan work and contribute to team planning, balancing speed, generalizability, technical debt, and stakeholder needs.
- Teach and mentor engineers, provide actionable feedback, and help coordinate engineering practices.
- Improve the Datastore’s operational robustness and ease of use through documentation, tools, and dashboards.
- Own pipelines that deliver dataset snapshots into the warehouse and collaborate on APIs that support new workflows.
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