Beacon Venture Capital

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Beacon Venture Capital

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsHadoopJavaScriptNode.jsPythonSpark

About the role

  • Beacon AI: AI platform to transform aviation, improving safety, efficiency, and capability.
  • Company culture: small, focused teams owning products, shipping fast, learning quickly.
  • Role overview: Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Backend to lead backend services, serverless cloud infrastructure, APIs, and data pipelines.
  • Technical Leadership: set technical direction, mentor engineers, and lead hiring and projects.
  • Backend Development: architect, design, and optimize backend services for mission-critical applications.
  • API Development and Management: design and maintain secure, scalable APIs including real-time streaming for web/iPad apps.
  • Database Management: develop and maintain schemas, queries, and ensure data integrity and performance.
  • Data Pipeline Construction: build and optimize ingestion and processing pipelines ensuring reliability and security.
  • Performance Optimization: analyze and improve responsiveness for time-series and multimedia streams.
  • Advanced Troubleshooting: lead troubleshooting to ensure high availability of cloud applications.
  • End-to-End Ownership: own product lines, milestones, and feature sets from concept to delivery.
  • Collaborative Innovation: work with product management and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Requirements

  • Extensive Backend Expertise: 6-8+ years of experience as a Backend Developer with distributed systems experience.
  • Technical Excellence: expertise architecting secure, scalable backend services using AWS and serverless technologies.
  • Ownership Mentality: ability to own initiatives and deliver end-to-end solutions with minimal supervision.
  • Startup Mentality: thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
  • High-Impact Contributor: demonstrated ability to set a high technical bar and deliver substantial contributions.
  • Strong Work Ethic: exceptional focus on output and driving milestones to completion.
  • Data Engineering Expertise: experience building and managing data pipelines; proficiency in Python, Node.js, or similar languages.
  • Leadership and Collaboration: ability to mentor and guide team members and collaborate cross-functionally.
  • Bonus: Experience with Big Data tools (Hadoop, Spark) and ML frameworks.
  • Bonus: Aviation industry knowledge and DevOps/DevSecOps experience.