Senior Neuroimaging Software Engineer, Pipelines

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a Senior Research Software Engineer to design, implement, and optimize advanced computational systems for large-scale neuroimaging research. You will build scalable pipelines and train teams across platforms such as Python, FreeSurfer, and FSL.

The role requires deep domain knowledge in neuroanatomy and reproducible research, plus collaboration with faculty, clinicians, and national labs to enable discoveries in MRI, MRS,

Qualifications

• Significant experience developing scientific software and computational workflows.
• Programming in Python, R, or other scientific computing environments.
• Experience with neuroimaging tools such as FreeSurfer, FSL, AFNI, or related frameworks.
• Experience working with neuroimaging or other large biomedical datasets.
• Familiarity with neuroinformatics platforms, including research data systems such as XNAT or REDCap.
• Experience collaborating with interdisciplinary research teams.
• Demonstrated contributions to research software, analysis tools, or data processing pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to adhere to HIPAA.
• Ability to produce scientific reports, memos, and publications for peer-reviewed journals and grant writing and submission.

Responsibilities

• Support preprocessing and image processing workflows using Python and neuroimaging tools.
• Architect, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines for MRI, MRS, and PET datasets.
• Collaborate with national labs to align site capacity for multi-site projects.
• Lead development of automated processing pipelines for large-scale data.
• Create visualization tools to communicate complex findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

R

Scientific software

HIPAA compliance

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Data handling

Education

Master’s degree or Bachelor’s with 0-2 years experience

Tools

FreeSurfer

FSL

AFNI

XNAT/REDCap

Job description

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a Senior Research Software Engineer to design, implement, and optimize advanced computational systems for large-scale neuroimaging research. You will build scalable pipelines and train teams across platforms such as Python, FreeSurfer, and FSL.

The role requires deep domain knowledge in neuroanatomy and reproducible research, plus collaboration with faculty, clinicians, and national labs to enable discoveries in MRI, MRS,