Senior Research Software Developer (2026-033)

Circle-Cardiovascular-Imaging; Calgary; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Paid time off

Health benefits on day one

RRSP matching

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development & tuition

Job summary

Circle Cardiovascular Imaging seeks a Senior Research Software Developer to guide software teams in advanced image processing and regulatory validation. The role leads algorithm design and architectural decisions across major components while collaborating with engineers, product managers, and medical advisors to deliver enterprise-grade imaging solutions.

The position requires strong C++ and Python skills, experience with medical imaging and DICOM, and a Masters/PhD in a quantitative field.

Qualifications

• Experience in image processing design and development.
• Strong programming in C++ and Python.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop advanced image processing algorithms for medical image analysis.
• Design and implement frameworks and automated workflows for enterprise software.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and medical advisors to build high-quality solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and code reviews to software developers.

Skills

Image processing

C++

Python

English

Education

Masters/PhD in Engineering or CS

Tools

Qt

OpenGL

OpenCV

Job description

About Circle Cardiovascular Imaging:

Circle’s vision is to enable healthier lives through better imaging by transforming cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MR) and other advanced imaging technologies to improve cardiovascular care. Circle Cardiovascular’ s CVI42 is the Cardiac MR market leader imaging processing software.

Circle Cardiovascular Imaging (Circle) designs, builds, and implements the best-in-class cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging solutions. At the heart of everything we do is our unrelenting drive to continually offer better solutions for healthcare providers that improve healthcare outcomes. This fuels our creativity, informs our decisions and it is the reason we are passionate about our work and most importantly why we are successful. We are careful stewards of resources focused on optimizing both customer and investor value. We strive to make Circle a place where employees are highly valued, engaged, and have opportunities for professional development. Our roots are medical and digital, our passion is contagious, and our people are amongst the best.

Position Overview:

The Senior Research Software Developer is an experienced research software developer who provides technical, clinical, and scientific guidance to their software development team and provides impact across large components and/or the whole system. The Senior Research Software Developer is viewed and recognized by peers as the technical guru in at least one domain of expertise. They are responsible for initiatives including clinical/research/regulatory validation projects, optimized algorithm design, and coding architecture. Throughout research and development cycles, the Senior Research Software Developer will work closely with other software developers, quality assurance analysts, regulatory analysts, and product managers as a team to ensure delivery of quality software products and to achieve research and/ regulatory goals.

General Responsibilities:

• Research and develop advanced image processing algorithms for medical image analysis, carrying out complex assignments requiring broad familiarity of medical image processing domain and knowledge of reciprocal effects of the work on other projects
• Responsible for designing and implementing the framework and automated product workflow that integrate image processing algorithms to solve challenging problems across a variety of domains
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and scientific/medical advisors, to design and build high-quality medical image analysis solutions with the ability to deploy as enterprise software.
• Collaborate with engineering, regulatory and quality assurance teams to design, execute, and document validation strategies for regulatory initiatives.
• Provide guidance to peers as the technical guru in at least one domain of expertise e.g. segmentation, registration, rendering or image reconstruction
• Provides technical guidance, code reviews and coaching to software developers.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Experience in image processing design and development.
• Strong programming proficiency in C++ (or other object-oriented languages) and Python.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced development environments, quickly acquiring and applying the knowledge and skills required to build safe and effective health technology.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Beneficial Skills/Experience:

• Experience with medical imaging software and DICOM images.
• Expertise in: Qt, OpenGL, OpenCV, 3D mathematics (matrix and vector operations).
• Proficiency across multiple platforms (Windows, MacOS, Linux).

Educational Requirements:

• Masters or Ph.D. in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related quantitative/applied field or equivalent.

About the benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Paid personal time off
• Comprehensive health benefits on day one
• RRSP matching program
• Flexible working arrangements
• Employee Wellness Program
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement program
• Gratifying internal recognition/kudos programs
• Annual salary review – based on company and individual performance
• A fun, inclusive, ego-free environment where diversity and individual thoughts are encouraged and valued
• Company/team building events

Upon joining Circle CVI, you will be welcomed into a collaborative and supportive company with uncompromising values on quality, innovation, culture, and customer service.

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