Forward Deployed Engineer

Beacon Biosignals is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join their Datastore team. The Datastore sits at the heart of Beacon’s platform, defining our foundational data model and serving as the centralized repository and API for brain data collected from clinical studies and home sleep tests. The engineer will work directly with external partners to understand their technical use cases, guide integrations with our APIs and datasets, and develop integrated solutions that enable them to unlock value from Beacon’s data platform.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or backend software engineering roles with significant exposure to data platforms
• 3+ years in a customer-facing role, developing and managing customer relationships
• Strong proficiency in SQL, with hands-on experience designing and maintaining analytical or operational data models
• Experience working directly with customers or external stakeholders to solve data-related problems, including requirements gathering, solution design, and delivery
• Comfort operating across the stack—from querying and modeling data to writing application or integration code as needed
• Experience in a data-oriented programming language such as Python, Julia, or R
• Familiarity with APIs and data integration patterns (GraphQL or REST, batch exports and ELT/ETL, event sourcing, and the like)
• Experience with modern analytics and BI tools such as Snowflake, Superset, Looker, or similar platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A collaborative, customer-oriented mindset — you enjoy partnering across teams and organizations to solve real problems

Benefits

• PTO
• Equity
• 401k Matching