Senior ML Research Programmer: Neuroscience

Scripps Research; Mountain House (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer Contributed Retirement Plan

Health and Welfare plans

Flexible Spending Accounts

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA, seeks a Research Programmer IV (Software Engineer) to advance computational methods linking behavior with neural activity. You will contribute to machine learning and computer vision platforms for high-throughput phenotyping, collaborating with prestigious partners.

The role offers opportunities to lead projects, publish research, and grow within a dynamic lab environment in computational neuroscience and ML.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field; biology/chemistry background may be accepted.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in software development or research programming.
• Extensive experience with Python.
• Experience building and training deep neural networks.
• Proven ability to apply fundamentals of software development and use version control.

Responsibilities

• Develop computational methods to track, quantify, and forecast behavior linked to neural activity.
• Lead independent research projects on existing datasets from collaborators.
• Contribute to scientific papers and collaborate within a computational lab environment.

Skills

Python

Deep learning

Software development

Git/GitHub

Machine learning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA, seeks a Research Programmer IV (Software Engineer) to advance computational methods linking behavior with neural activity. You will contribute to machine learning and computer vision platforms for high-throughput phenotyping, collaborating with prestigious partners.

The role offers opportunities to lead projects, publish research, and grow within a dynamic lab environment in computational neuroscience and ML.