Research Software Developer

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Position Summary:

Reporting to the Research Scientist Manager, this position will play a key role in advancing neuro-foundation model research within a leading AI research lab affiliated with Mila – the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. The incumbent will lead the development, maintenance, and community support of NeuroGalaxy, a large-scale open-source platform for neuroscience AI, while collaborating with academic and industry partners to train, benchmark, and deploy state-of-the-art models using high-performance computing resources.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the continued development and maintenance of a large, specialized public code base for creating neuro-foundation models (NeuroGalaxy).
• Debugging the code base, managing the GitHub, and approving new pull requests from the community of users.
• Creating robust, accessible documentation for the code base as well as public facing websites and tutorials for new users.
• Providing estimates of compute costs associated with different components of the code base for different model and dataset sizes.
• Writing specialized technical analyses of existing compute usage on the DRAC and Mila clusters for use in grant applications.
• Analyzing new models generated by the community and incorporating their designs into the codebase.
• Training models created by the Mila community and benchmarking them against existing models
• Maintaining a list of critical benchmarks and a leaderboard for existing models on those benchmarks.
• Collaborating with other neuro-foundation model development groups in academia and industry.

Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities

• A PhD in neuroscience of computer science (or related degrees).
• Over 2 years experience with creating, releasing, and maintaining large-scale open source code bases.
• Familiarity with the most common types of neural data file formats (NWB, NIDS, etc.)
• Experience training AI models on high-performance GPU clusters.

As one of Montreal's Top Employers, here is what we offer:

• Competitive benefits package (Health, Dental, Life Insurance) (if eligible)
• Defined contribution pension plan (with employer contribution up to 10%) (if eligible)
• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Competitive vacation policy
• Two (2) personal days
• Two (2) floating holidays
• Nine (9) "Summer Fridays" - paid days off between the St-Jean Baptiste holiday and Labour Day
• Paid time off over the December holiday period
• Tuition waiver for regular employees and their dependents
• Up to two (2) days of remote work per week where the position permits

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
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Minimum Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree 5 Years Related Experience /

Annual Salary:

(MPEX Grade 06) $82,280.00 - $102,850.00 - $123,420.00

Job Profile:

MPEX-IST3S - Research Software Development - Senior Professional

Hours per Week:

33.75 (Full time)

Supervisor:

Associate Professor

Position End Date (If applicable):

2027-07-05

Deadline to Apply:

2026-07-07

McGill University hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We welcome applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated groups to self-identify. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, [email protected].