Senior Algorithm Engineer

Beacon Biosignals
Boston, MA
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with production ML experience in health sciences, comfortable with full algorithm development lifecycle and biosignal data analysis.

Best fit for

  • Individuals with a background in biosignal processing or time-series data
    — “You are experienced with biosignals, medical imaging data, or large time-series datasets”
  • Candidates who thrive in cross-functional teams with scientists and clinicians
    — “work alongside fellow data scientists, neuroscientists, engineers, and clinicians”

Things to consider

  • This role demands full algorithm lifecycle involvement, including formal validation and regulatory documentation
    — “Participate in and lead the entire biosignal-based algorithm development lifecycle for medical devices including specifications and requirements gathering, data curation and labeling, development, failure-analysis, production, maintenance, and documentation.”
  • The position requires a balance between algorithmic innovation and practical deployment
    — “Select, implement, and develop the most appropriate method for each problem, knowing when to apply deep learning techniques and when other methods are more effective.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight production ML experience with a focus on health sciences and regulatory compliance
    — “You have more than 5 years of industry experience in machine learning and deep learning, particularly in health sciences or other regulated fields”
  • Demonstrate proficiency in PyTorch and recent deep learning architectures like Transformer/ViT
    — “You are proficient in using PyTorch (preferred) or other deep learning frameworks for training, developing, and deploying deep learning models.”
  • Emphasize contributions to team-wide best practices in software and ML engineering
    — “You follow and spread best practices in software and ML engineering, including testing, version control, code reviews, documentation, Dockerization, CI/CD, and experiment tracking.”
  • Showcase ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
    — “You are able to distill, discuss, and present complex technical topics in a way that is appropriate for the audience at hand, both internally and externally.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • participate in and lead the entire biosignal-based algorithm development lifecycle
  • enhance internal deep learning and machine learning tools
  • present results to key stakeholders
Typical background
5+ years of industry experience in machine learning and deep learningproficient in using PyTorch or other deep learning frameworks

Skills & requirements

Required

Machine LearningDeep LearningDigital Signal ProcessingStatisticsData CurationModel Deployment

Preferred

Experience With PytorchExperience With Clickhouse

Stack & domain

Machine LearningDeep LearningDigital Signal ProcessingStatisticsPyTorchKubernetesGoClickhouseHelmArgocdTemporalTerraformKafkaCuriositySimplicityComposabilitySelf-service MindsetEmpathyTeamworkProject ManagementPresentationClient EngagementHealth SciencesNeuroscienceData ScienceEngineeringClinical DevelopmentPrecision Medicine

About the role

Original posting from Beacon Biosignals via Greenhouse

Beacon Biosignals is transforming precision medicine for the brain, from clinical development to clinical care. For Life Sciences partners, we offer the leading at-home EEG platform for clinical development of novel therapeutics for neurological, psychiatric, and sleep disorders. Our Diagnostics business is building the most comprehensive at-home platform for precision diagnostics, combining EEG and cardiopulmonary signals to deliver reimbursable assessments for sleep and central nervous system disorders. Together, we're changing the way patients are diagnosed and treated for any disorder that affects brain physiology.

Beacon Biosignals is seeking a Senior Algorithm and Machine Learning engineer! 

As part of Beacon's analytics and machine learning domain, you'll work alongside fellow data scientists, neuroscientists, engineers, and clinicians to scope, build, deploy, and maintain the machine and deep learning models that analyze brain and biosignal data for advancing sleep, neurological, and psychiatric therapy development.

At Beacon, we've found that cultural and scientific impact is driven most by those who lead by example. As such, we're always seeking out new contributors whose work demonstrates innate curiosity, a bias toward simplicity, an eye for composability, a self-service mindset, and—most of all—a deep empathy toward colleagues, stakeholders, users, and patients. We believe a diverse team builds more robust systems and achieves higher impact.

Beacon's work practices ensure a first-class remote work experience, but we also have in-person office hubs in Boston, New York City and Paris. This is a fully remote role based anywhere in the U.S.

What success looks like

Participate in and lead the entire biosignal-based algorithm development lifecycle for medical devices including specifications and requirements gathering, data curation and labeling, development, failure-analysis, production, maintenance, and documentation.

Select, implement, and develop the most appropriate method for each problem, knowing when to apply deep learning techniques and when other methods are more effective.

Enhance our internal deep learning and machine learning tools to boost team efficiency, introduce new model architectures and algorithmic techniques, and refine the codebase to encourage reusability where needed to enable rapid experimentation.

Spread and improve our best practices to ensure algorithm implementations are user-friendly, well-documented, and thoroughly tested, including unit tests, comprehensive documentation, CI, and non-regression testing.

Present results to key stakeholders and assist them in utilizing algorithms for client engagement.

Support the client-facing projects to understand and shape the impact Beacon algorithms have for our customers, both for existing deployed algorithms, and future algorithm development.

What you will bring

You have more than 5 years of industry experience in machine learning and deep learning, particularly in health sciences or other regulated fields, with a proven track record of bringing algorithms into production.

You are experienced with digital signal processing (DSP) and statistics and care about using the right tool for the job, which in many cases might not be machine learning or deep learning.

You are proficient in using PyTorch (preferred) or other deep learning frameworks for training, developing, and deploying deep learning models.

You are proficient with latest Deep Learning advances (Transformer/ViT, large scale modeling, large model training, ...)

You follow and spread best practices in software and ML engineering, including testing, version control, code reviews, documentation, Dockerization, CI/CD, and experiment tracking.

You are experienced with biosignals, medical imaging data, or large time-series datasets,  or are enthusiastic about learning more in the domain.

You thrive in a team environment, recognizing that collaboration, open communication, and continuous feedback are essential for collective success.

You are able to distill, discuss, and present complex technical topics in a way that is appropriate for the audience at hand, both internally and externally.

You are excited to participate in the entire algorithm development lifecycle, which spans scoping, data wrangling, algorithm development/experimentation, formal validation, quality/regulatory documentation, production deployment, and working with clients who might benefit from these algorithms.

The US-based salary range for this role is $170,000 – $220,000. Salary ranges are determined using current market compensation data for this role and adjusted based on experience, skills, and location. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes equity, PTO, and other benefits.

At Beacon, we've found that cultural and scientific impact is driven most by those that lead by example. As such, we're always seeking new contributors whose work demonstrates an avid curiosity, a bias towards simplicity, an eye for composability, a self-service mindset, and - most of all - a deep empathy towards colleagues, stakeholders, users, and patients. We believe a diverse team builds more robust systems and achieves higher impact.

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Source: Beacon Biosignals careers (Greenhouse)

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