Senior Software Engineer: Neuroinstrumentation & RealTime Data

Convergent Research; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kubelt is hiring a Software Engineer in Greater London to lead software systems for their multi-photon microscopy platform. The role spans hardware control, data acquisition, user interfaces, and analysis pipelines. You will maintain MATLAB-based software while contributing to architectural evolution and potentially migrating to open-source systems. Candidates should have a strong software engineering background, experience with Python and modular architectures, and an interest in neuroscience. Hybrid working conditions are offered with a salary range of £85,000 - £100,000.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering for hardware‑integrated systems.
• Experience with Python for data analysis and pipeline development.
• Ability to work across abstraction layers, from low‑level control to higher‑level application logic.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the microscope software stack from low‑level hardware control to user interfaces.
• Maintain, debug, and extend the existing MATLAB codebase.
• Collaborate with FPGA engineering to define and implement software control architectures.

Skills

Software engineering for hardware-integrated systems

Python for data analysis

Modular software architectures

Debugging skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Rust

C

C++

Job description

Kubelt is hiring a Software Engineer in Greater London to lead software systems for their multi-photon microscopy platform. The role spans hardware control, data acquisition, user interfaces, and analysis pipelines. You will maintain MATLAB-based software while contributing to architectural evolution and potentially migrating to open-source systems. Candidates should have a strong software engineering background, experience with Python and modular architectures, and an interest in neuroscience. Hybrid working conditions are offered with a salary range of £85,000 - £100,000.