# Datastore Forward Deployed Engineer

**Company:** [Beacon Biosignals](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/beacon-biosignals)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $150k – $170k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Postgres, Python, julia, TypeScript, GraphQL, rest, elt/etl, event sourcing, Snowflake, superset, API Integrations, Data Modeling, database indexing, query optimization
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Build and deploy data-platform integrations for external partners using Beacon’s Datastore, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, and application code. The role requires 5+ years of engineering experience, 3+ years in customer-facing technical work, strong SQL and data-modeling skills, and clear communication.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work directly with external partners and customers to understand data needs, analytical workflows, and technical constraints, translating them into solutions and application features built on Beacon’s Datastore.
- Lead technical conversations with partner engineers and data teams, supporting API integrations, data-access patterns, adoption, and downstream analytics.
- Design, build, and ship customer solutions on Beacon’s or a partner’s platform, including features, tooling, and proof-of-concept integrations.
- Collaborate with Datastore engineers, product managers, and scientific teams to develop data models, application features, integration tooling, and operational processes.
- Develop internal tools, services, and queries that improve observability, troubleshooting, and resolution of client data issues.
- Improve documentation, APIs, data models, and operational processes using partner and stakeholder feedback.
- Debug production data issues end to end through logs, pipelines, and databases to identify root causes and implement fixes.
- Write production application and integration code against a PostgreSQL-backed GraphQL API.

## Requirements
- **5+ years** of experience in backend software engineering, data engineering, or data platform engineering, including hands-on application development.
- **3+ years** in a customer-facing technical role delivering solutions directly to external partners or clients.
- Strong SQL proficiency and production PostgreSQL experience, including query tuning, schema design, indexes, and query plans.
- Experience designing and maintaining operational data models.
- Experience solving data-related problems with customers or external stakeholders, including requirements gathering, solution design, and delivery.
- Application development experience across data querying and modeling plus application and integration code.
- Proficiency in Python and/or Julia.
- Experience building and consuming APIs, especially GraphQL, and familiarity with REST, batch exports, ELT/ETL, and event sourcing.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Collaborative, customer-oriented approach.

## Nice to Have
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated data environments.
- Experience with Julia.
- Experience querying cloud data warehouses, especially Snowflake.
- Experience building dashboards with Superset.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary range: **$150,000–$170,000**.
- Compensation is adjusted based on experience, skills, and location.
- Total compensation includes equity, paid time off, and other benefits.

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