Full-time

Senior Research Software Engineer (Neural and Behavioural Data)

Posted by Python Software Foundation • london, england, United-Kingdom

📍 london, england 🕒 June 20, 2026

About the Role

Senior Research Software Engineer (Neural and Behavioural Data)

A role at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL dedicated to developing reliable software solutions for analysing large volumes of extracellular electrophysiological and behavioural data. This position is based in the Neuroinformatics Unit and will work with laboratories of Tom Mrsic‑Flogel, Tiago Branco and Tim Behrens.

Responsibilities

Develop, optimise and use efficient tools to process and visualise large volumes of extracellular electrophysiological data (e.g. Neuropixels probes) and behavioural data (e.g. video recordings). Contribute to open‑source packages such as SpikeInterface and Movement , implement them within SWC pipelines (e.g. using DataJoint) and ensure accurate, efficient handling of large‑scale data recorded by researchers at SWC.

Requirements

Strong programming skills in Python and extensive experience with time‑series data. Experie...

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