Open-Source Neuroscience Data Engineer

Dartmouth College; Hanover (NH); On-site; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth College’s Center for Open Neuroscience (CON) seeks a Research Software Engineer to help build infrastructure that makes neuroscience data FAIR, open, and reproducible at scale. You will work on flagship open-source projects like DataLad, DANDI, EMBER, and OpenNeuro Archives, used by researchers worldwide.

This high-impact role designs workflows for versioned data management, applies them to real data wrangling tasks, and collaborates with scientists across institutions and countries to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, neuroscience, or related field, or equivalent software engineering track record.
• 2 years of software engineering and programming experience.
• Deep understanding of git and scripting around its internals.
• Proficiency in Python and its ecosystem (pytest, CLI frameworks).
• Experience with open source development workflows (code review, CI).
• Familiarity with virtualization/containerization (Docker/Podman, Singularity/Apptainer) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Ability to work independently in a distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain open-source software and standards for data versioning, distribution, and archiving.
• Build pipelines for ingesting and validating datasets against community standards (BIDS, NWB).
• Develop containerized and cloud-native data processing solutions.
• Collaborate with developers, neuroscientists, and standards architects across institutions.

Skills

Git

Python

Docker/Podman

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Data versioning

Open-source workflows

Communication in distributed teams

Neuroscience data handling

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Neuroscience or related

Tools

DataLad

git-annex/DVC/LFS

NW BIDS/HE D standards

Job description

Dartmouth College’s Center for Open Neuroscience (CON) seeks a Research Software Engineer to help build infrastructure that makes neuroscience data FAIR, open, and reproducible at scale. You will work on flagship open-source projects like DataLad, DANDI, EMBER, and OpenNeuro Archives, used by researchers worldwide.

This high-impact role designs workflows for versioned data management, applies them to real data wrangling tasks, and collaborates with scientists across institutions and countries to