Senior Manager, Engineering
About the role
About Beacon Biosignals
Beacon Biosignals is on a mission to revolutionize precision medicine for the brain. We are the leading at-home EEG platform supporting clinical development of novel therapeutics for neurological, psychiatric, and sleep disorders. Our FDA 510(k)-cleared Dreem EEG headband and AI algorithms enable quantitative biomarker discovery and implementation. Beacon’s Clinico-EEG database contains EEG data from nearly 100,000 patients, and our cloud-native analytics platform powers large-scale RWD/RWE retrospective and predictive studies. Beacon Biosignals is changing the way that patients are treated for any disorder that affects brain physiology.
Role Overview
The Beacon Datastore is the heart of Beacon's platform, serving as the foundational data layer that every tool, service, and application depends on. As a Senior Manager, Engineering reporting to the VP of Platform, you'll manage 5-7 engineers and will be responsible for the continued development and success of the Datastore. Your team’s decisions about data architecture, API design, reliability, and performance will have compounding effects across the entire Beacon product ecosystem. You’ll be expected to shape the team’s technical direction, drive its engineering standards, and ensure it's integrated effectively and communicating well with the rest of the organization.
What Success Looks Like
- Coach your direct reports to pursue opportunities that increase their impact at Beacon, and guide them through the challenges they encounter along the way.
- Develop a deep understanding of the Datastore and the broader Platform product ecosystem, and actively share that context to drive continuous improvement of the team's processes and its integration with Beacon as a whole.
- Cultivate an environment where engineers learn constantly and collaboratively, and treat setbacks as opportunities for growth.
- Act as a steward of Beacon's engineering practices and maintain high bars for engineering quality, productivity, and accountability while motivating the team to continuously raise those bars over time.
- Help your team scope and prioritize tactical week-to-week work in direct connection with Beacon's wider strategic initiatives.
- Ensure your team's development roadmap is outcome-oriented, current, aligned with company objectives and other teams' priorities, and communicated clearly to stakeholders across Beacon.
- Own project management for the team, ensuring timely delivery and effective collaboration across the organization.