Skills
About the Role
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is seeking a Senior Scientific Software Developer to help build the software platforms, applications, and data systems that power bioimage informatics. This is a hands-on, full-stack engineering position where your work will directly support pediatric cancer and catastrophic-disease research.
You’ll partner with the High Performance Research Computing (HPRC) and Center for Bioimage Informatics (CBI) teams to translate cutting-edge image analysis methods into reliable, scalable software used by researchers across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain software components for bioimage informatics workflows
- Collaborate with image data scientists, AI/ML researchers, and biologists to implement analysis and quantification tools
- Build robust, well-tested application and data systems that support image generation, management, and analysis
- Improve performance and reliability of scientific software used in research pipelines
- Lead engineering practices that enhance maintainability, scalability, and code quality
Requirements
- Proven experience building production-grade software systems in a full-stack or scientific computing context
- Strong programming skills and the ability to deliver well-tested, maintainable code
- Experience working with data-intensive applications and computational workflows
- Ability to collaborate effectively across research and engineering teams
Benefits
- Opportunity to make a direct impact on pediatric cancer and catastrophic-disease research
- Work with a close-knit team applying AI and computer vision to biological imaging
- Engage in meaningful, hands-on engineering across the bioimage informatics stack