Staff Software Engineer (Fully Remote)

Beacon Biosignals; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Biosignals is building at-home EEG platforms for precision medicine, supporting clinical development and diagnostics for neurological and sleep disorders. The company fosters a collaborative, remote-first culture with offices in Boston, NYC, and Paris, and values diversity and empathy.

We are seeking a senior backend engineer to design and scale data systems, own architecture, and mentor engineers across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years backend development experience (or equivalent).
• Strong SQL/PostgreSQL expertise and experience with Kafka pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python or Julia for data processing tasks.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Terraform for infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale backend data systems for the Datastore: PostgreSQL models, Kafka pipelines, and GraphQL APIs.
• Lead complex system architecture and own dataset snapshot pipelines.

Skills

Backend development

SQL / PostgreSQL

Kafka

Python

Julia

Kubernetes

Terraform

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

GraphQL

Job description

• Design and scale backend data systems for the Datastore: PostgreSQL models, Kafka pipelines, and GraphQL APIs.
• Lead complex system architecture and own dataset snapshot pipelines.

What Success Looks Like:

• Lead design for complex projects, backing decisions with data.
• Mentor engineers and draft RFCs to align on technical decisions.

What You Will Bring:

• 7+ years backend development, strong SQL/PostgreSQL, Kafka, Python or Julia.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and a collaborative, remote-friendly mindset.

Beacon Biosignals is building at-home EEG platforms for precision medicine, supporting clinical development and diagnostics for neurological and sleep disorders. The company fosters a collaborative, remote-first culture with offices in Boston, NYC, and Paris, and values diversity and empathy.