Full Stack Engineer – Platform Engineering

Overview: 

Guidepoint’s Qsight group is a new, high-growth division focused on building market-leading data intelligence solutions for the healthcare industry. Operating like a startup within a larger high-growth company, Qsight works with proprietary data to generate actionable insights for the world’s leading institutional investors and medical device, pharmaceutical, and medical Aesthetics companies. The Qsight team is passionate about creating market intelligence products through rigorous analysis of alternative data to deliver highly relevant, accurate insights to a global client base.

As a Full Stack Engineer on the Platform Engineering team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and scaling enterprise applications. You will create applications, tools, and frameworks to automate critical business processes, as well as frontends that enable business users to manage those processes effectively. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Python, AWS, and SQL, and be comfortable participating in discussions about data architecture, scalability, and performance. Joining as an early member of a new team, your contributions will have a significant impact. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on challenges and has experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

This position can be remote. Ideal candidates must be comfortable working EST hours.

What You’ll Do: 

• Architect, design, and implement robust and scalable backend services primarily using Python
• Develop, optimize, and maintain SQL queries, data models, and data pipelines
• Collaborate with product teams to shape requirements and translate them into efficient technical solutions
• Contribute to the frontend development with React.js or Vue.js (approx. 30% of the time)
• Ensure responsive and user-friendly UI/UX across platforms
• Deploy, monitor, and manage applications on AWS
• Participate in infrastructure discussions, best practices, and cost optimization
• Participate in data architecture decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and data integrity
• Collaborate with the data team to integrate analytics solutions and facilitate business intelligence
• Integrate with Snowflake data warehouses and Tableau Cloud environments
• Identify opportunities to automate workflows and business processes
• Implement strategies to improve operational efficiency through automation tools and frameworks
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Design) to drive product roadmaps and timelines

What You Have: 

• 4+ years of professional experience in software development
• Proficiency in Python for backend services and scripting
• Solid SQL skills with experience in complex queries, performance tuning, and database design
• Hands-on AWS experience (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.)
• Experience building enterprise-level applications in a high-growth or startup environment
• Strong understanding of data architecture principles and experience participating in technical discussions around data and scalability
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Experience with React.js or Vue.js for frontend development
• Knowledge of Snowflake or other modern data warehousing technologies
• Familiarity with Tableau or similar BI/analytics tools
• Previous experience in business process automation initiatives
• Proven track record in early-stage startups, comfortable wearing multiple hats

What We Offer: 

The annual base salary range for this position is from $115,000 to $140,000. Base salary may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as geographic location. Additionally, this position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on performance.

You will also be eligible for the following benefits:

• 15 PTO days, 10 legal holidays, and sick days
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Will match up to 10% of employee contribution for 401(k), life insurance, paid time-off and parental leave plans
• Commuter benefits and a corporate gym rate
• Development opportunities through the LinkedIn Learning platform
• Free snacks and beverages in the office
• Friday happy hour and “Summer Fridays”
• Year-round corporate athletic league
• Casual work environment, team building, and other social events

About Guidepoint: 

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action. 

Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide, we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful. 

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience. 

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