Beacon AI is looking to transform aviation with an AI platform that makes flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. They need a Backend Engineer to help design, build, and maintain their backend systems, contributing to the development of serverless cloud infrastructure and supporting real-time data processing.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience working on backend systems in a production environment.
- Experience building APIs and backend services using Node.js, Python, or similar languages.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS.
- Experience with serverless systems or microservice architectures.
- Experience using ML-approaches to extract insights from live/historical data.
- Familiarity with analytics or data visualization tools.
- Experience with DevOps practices or infrastructure-as-code tools.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of scalable backend services with an emphasis on performance, reliability, and testability.
- Help design and implement APIs that support internal tools and external applications, including real-time data streaming from aircraft systems.
- Collaborate on the development of database schemas and queries to support application functionality and data integrity.
- Support the buildout of data pipelines that process and store aircraft data efficiently and reliably.
- Assist with diagnosing production issues, improving observability, and supporting system uptime.
- Contribute to optimizing backend performance, particularly for systems working with time series or streaming data.
Other
- Strong collaboration and communication skills; works well with engineers, product managers, and designers.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks, work through ambiguity, and iterate quickly based on feedback.
- Comfort working in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements and priorities.
- Hybrid role requiring working from San Carlos, CA office at least three days a week.
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, legal immigrant with a 'Green Card', or a protected individual).
