Senior Software Engineer – Deep Neurophenotyping

Massgeneralbrigham; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham’s Neurobooth project seeks a software engineer to lead development of a real-time, Python-based platform that coordinates hardware devices, data acquisition, and analysis in a clinical setting. The role emphasizes robust design for live clinical use, cross-machine orchestration, and open-source maintenance, with a focus on reliability, timing, and security.

Hybrid work arrangement and 20-hour weekly schedule are specified.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• 5–7 years of experience as systems engineer or related role.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise platforms and services.
• Define and implement automation and orchestration solutions.
• Manage complex hybrid/multi-cloud platforms and ensure reliability.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for critical issues.
• Develop monitoring, observability, and runbooks; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Enterprise platform design

Automation with Ansible & Terraform

Cloud-native architectures

Root cause analysis

High availability & disaster recovery

Observability & monitoring

System architecture documentation

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Site: The General Hospital Corporation

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

*This is a part-time, 20 hour position.*

Software engineer to lead software development of the “Neurobooth” project, which is an effort to perform large scale digital phenotyping inside the Mass General neurology clinic. With funding from industry, government, and academic institutions, we have created a booth that is equipped with an array of devices, including consumer and industrial grade cameras, eye trackers, microphones, wearable sensors, and other sensors for physiological measurement. Patients perform motor and cognitive tasks inside the booth while collecting synchronized data from the devices. Sensor data are integrated with clinical data, organized in a database, and routed to a computing cluster for analysis. Data visualizations and summaries are generated in real-time to enable sharing of information with clinicians and patients in the clinic. This long‑term project will generate the first dataset of its kind to support training of machine learning models and creation of tools to detect early signs of disease, precisely measure disease for clinical trials, and understand molecular and systems‑level underpinnings of behavior in neurological diseases.

The role requires an experienced and versatile software engineer, with hardware‑integration experience, to ensure that the custom‑built, Python‑based platform controlling every aspect of Neurobooth is highly robust in a live clinical setting. The system is real‑time and distributed, coordinating data acquisition, stimulus presentation, and synchronized recording across multiple networked machines and a wide array of hardware devices, so that reliability, precise timing, and disciplined engineering are essential. The engineer will apply software development best practices and maintain Neurobooth as an open‑source project that any team in the world can use and build upon.

Responsible for design, development, implementation, and support of advanced technical solutions, including platform systems that require critical aspects of infrastructure, network, application, database, and security frameworks.

Essential Functions

• Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise platforms and services.
• Define and implement advanced automation and orchestration solutions.
• Design and manage complex platforms in hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for critical platform issues.
• Design and implement system monitoring and observability solutions.
• Lead platform performance tuning and capacity planning efforts.
• Develop technical standards, operational procedures, and leading practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance to project teams.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science required or Bachelor’s Degree Related Field of Study required

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
Yes

Licenses and Credentials

Experience

Experience as a systems engineer or related position 5‑7 years required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Deep expertise in enterprise platform design, implementation, and optimization
• Advanced automation and orchestration capabilities using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or similar
• Proficient knowledge of cloud‑native architectures and services.
• Ability to conduct root cause analysis and performance tuning at the system and application levels
• Proficient in designing and implementing high‑availability and disaster recovery solutions
• Familiarity with observability frameworks and modern monitoring/alerting platforms
• Proven experience in developing system architecture documentation and operational runbooks
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead cross‑functional technical initiatives

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Remote Type

Hybrid

Work Location

101 Merrimac Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours

20

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

• /

Grade

7

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

EEO Statement:

1200 The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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