Data Engineer (Brain-Computer Interface Team)

Are you a data engineer who is excited about brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that increase human agency? Are you a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and wants to tackle challenging engineering problems? Do you want to work with a world-class remote team while having a big impact on the data infrastructure for an early-stage project?

We are looking for a Data Engineer who is interested in working with us at AE Studio on the future of neurotechnology! 

About AE Studio

AE Studio is a mid-sized startup from California. We have a team of highly skilled developers, designers, and data scientists building products that increase human agency. We use the most recent technologies to develop solutions for startups as well as large companies like Samsung and Berkshire Hathaway. We have an awesome work environment and a highly productive process.

One of AE Studio’s core missions is to develop brain-computer interface technologies that increase human agency. We are looking for someone with experience in data engineering, strong problem-solving skills, self-management skills, and enthusiasm to learn more about the intersection of data science and neuroscience.

About the Role

You will work full-time on software, tools, and data infrastructure for BCI technology as we work to develop an operating system for BCI applications.  Initially, you will be structuring neural datasets for use in machine learning. As your project grows, you’ll build toolsets and pipelines to convert between common neurodata formats, manage data architecture in the cloud to support machine learning, and work on open-source neurodata format and standard projects (such as Neurodata Without Borders or MNE). This is a highly dynamic role that will require a bright and flexible engineer with excellent problem-solving skills. 

You:

• Are a mature Python developer who follows best practices and writes clean code
• Have experience building Python packages and applications for production environments
• Have experience building data pipelines and data management utilities
• Have a solid foundation in data engineering best practices
• Are comfortable working in a cloud environment
• Have experience with scientific computing (including but not limited to: writing software to collect data from laboratory instruments, to control those instruments, or to model physical systems based on scientific theory)
• Have included a link to your public code repository (e.g. GitHub) in your application

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with managing AWS infrastructure for a project (EC2, S3, databases, IAM, etc)
• Experience with unit testing in Python
• Experience contributing to the open-source community
• Machine learning and/or data science experience
• Neuroscience and/or BCI experience

What do you get out of it??

• Opportunity to work on world-changing technology
• Collaborative & friendly remote work environment (we're all nice 🤗)
• Good pay 💰
• Reasonable & flexible work hours
• Private health insurance plan
• Yearly retreat bringing together our teams from across the world

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Equity

_{Working at AE means receiving equity in some of our client projects and in the Skunkworks projects we incubate. The equity granted is priced at a value of $0 when you receive it. If it were otherwise, you’d be forced to pay taxes. But to be clear, there are no free lunches, only the choice of who pays for your sandwich.}

_{At AE, the equity you receive is not free to AE. We invest millions annually in Skunkworks projects - paying our employees to build technology for which no client pays a bill. We receive equity from certain clients, which means we accept less in terms of our billable rate. We then pass that equity on to our employees. Sure it’s priced at $0 on day 1 - a call option on a stock trading at $100 with a strike price of $100 is priced at $0 today for tax purposes, but you’d want to receive that option. If you received that option on a dozen stocks, you’d be fairly confident that some of them would be worth a lot more than $0.}

_{Offering this equity (by investing in Skunkworks or offering clients a lower rate) comes out of AE’s margins. Theoretically, we should be lowering salaries to compensate. But we’re competitive on that front as well. Over the long-term, we believe AE employees who stick around are likely to fare extremely well monetarily (no legal promises). We think long-term. You should too when you choose your employer.}

_{We are looking to hire people who think long term. People create exponentially more value here in their 3rd or 4th year rather than their 1st or 2nd, and that only increases. The value you create leads to more equity issued every year, and you retain it while you remain at AE or at a Skunkworks co that spins out, in order to free up equity for others, which is how we afford to be generous with the equity.}

_{* Disclaimer: If you leave AE on good terms, you can retain 20% of your equity if you continue to send leads our way, share our core values, etc. If you leave AE for your own AE-incubated Skunkworks project (or someone else’s), you retain 100% of your equity. Folks create exponentially more value here in their 3rd and 4th years than their 1st or 2nd - we want folks who think long-term like we do.}