Senior Software Engineer – Neural Dynamics (Remote)

Allen Institute; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Allen Institute seeks a Software Engineer III for Neural Dynamics to collaborate with scientists and engineers in building scalable scientific software. You will develop and maintain data pipelines, promote best practices, and contribute to open‑source analysis and visualization tools used within the institute and by the broader neuroscience community.

You will mentor teammates, advance deployment in cloud and on‑prem environments, and help ensure reproducibility of complex neurophysiology

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Python.
• Experience writing code to interface with AWS Services such as S3, Lambda, Redshift.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Cloud IaaC (Terraform or CDK).
• Experience automating workflows with GitHub actions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to sustainably develop scientific analysis software.
• Follow team software best practices: write unit and integration tests, participate in code reviews, track issues, version code, manage environments, write documentation.
• Deploy, maintain, and monitor core services in cloud and on-premise data centers.
• Help build and deploy end-to-end testing infrastructure for data processing pipelines.

Skills

Python

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

S3

Lambda

Redshift

DocumentDB

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Allen Institute seeks a Software Engineer III for Neural Dynamics to collaborate with scientists and engineers in building scalable scientific software. You will develop and maintain data pipelines, promote best practices, and contribute to open‑source analysis and visualization tools used within the institute and by the broader neuroscience community.

You will mentor teammates, advance deployment in cloud and on‑prem environments, and help ensure reproducibility of complex neurophysiology