Senior Data Platform Engineer - Remote (Postgres, Kafka)

Beacon Biosignals; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Paid time off

Remote-friendly work

Job summary

Beacon Biosignals seeks a fully remote Senior Software Engineer for its Datastore team. You will design and scale backend data infrastructure—PostgreSQL models, Kafka-driven pipelines, and a GraphQL API powering clinical studies and digital health workflows.

You will write SQL by hand, optimize schemas and indexes, and collaborate with product, science, and platform teams to deliver robust data services across Beacon’s ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development including data platforms and data-centric applications

Responsibilities

• Design and scale backend data infrastructure including PostgreSQL models

Skills

Backend development

SQL

PostgreSQL

Kafka

GraphQL

TypeScript

JavaScript

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Julia

Python

Tools

GraphQL

TypeScript

Node.js

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Beacon Biosignals seeks a fully remote Senior Software Engineer for its Datastore team. You will design and scale backend data infrastructure—PostgreSQL models, Kafka-driven pipelines, and a GraphQL API powering clinical studies and digital health workflows.

You will write SQL by hand, optimize schemas and indexes, and collaborate with product, science, and platform teams to deliver robust data services across Beacon’s ecosystem.