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Beacon BiosignalsBeacon BiosignalsBoston, MA

Principal Software Engineer, Data

Principal Software Engineer on the Datastore team responsible for architecture and design of scalable data models, event-driven pipelines, and data infrastructure serving brain data for clinical and scientific applications. Requires 10+ years backend/data engineering experience, strong SQL/PostgreSQL skills, and proficiency with streaming tools.

190k – 210k/yr
Remote10+ YOEData Engineering

About the role

What success looks like

  • Partner with engineering and product leaders and Datastore stakeholders to guide architecture and solutions for the Beacon Datastore, and influence architectural standards across Platform teams.
  • Implement features that model best practices, and coach team members to develop their skills. Hold the Datastore to ever higher standards for data integrity, design soundness, and maintainability as it grows.
  • Draft RFCs to lead complex feature discovery and technical design phases, soliciting and incorporating input and building alignment on the decisions that guide development.

What you will bring

  • 10+ years of backend development experience, including significant experience focused on data engineering, data platforms, and infrastructure for data-centric applications.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL, with production experience working with PostgreSQL.
  • Proficiency with data streaming and event processing, using tools such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pulsar, or a cloud-based equivalent like Amazon Kinesis.
  • Strong proficiency in a modern general-purpose language; proficiency in the Datastore's specific stack (SQL/TypeScript/Julia) is not required, but you should be able and excited to learn quickly!
  • Experience with, or interest in, using LLM-assisted or agentic coding tools in a production setting, with good judgment about what guardrails are needed.
  • Experience deploying and operating services in containerized environments, with familiarity in Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and/or Helm.
  • A collaborative mindset - you enjoy working across disciplines and believe people achieve more together than alone.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in asynchronous and remote-friendly environments.

The salary range for this role is $190,000 – $210,000. Salary ranges are determined using current market compensation data for this role and adjusted based on experience, skills, and location. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes equity, PTO, and other benefits.

Skills

SQLPostgresKafkaRabbitMQpulsaramazon kinesisTypeScriptjuliaKubernetesTerraformHelm

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