Merge Labs
Image Processing and Analysis Engineer
$185K–$225K
San Francisco Bay Area · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
About the job
Build and maintain shared image-analysis tools that turn image series into reliable measurements for scientific imaging, screening, and probe-positioning workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop image detection, registration, correction, and response-measurement workflows, including alignment to anatomical references.
- Validate methods using reference measurements, controls, and regression tests; define accuracy, repeatability, and failure criteria with scientists.
- Maintain documented, tested Python tools and integrate them with acquisition and reconstruction workflows while optimizing runtime and memory use.
What they ask for
- Experience developing or substantially improving quantitative image-analysis workflows used by others.
- Strong practical image-processing and spatial-reasoning skills, including detection and image registration.
- Strong scientific Python skills and experience maintaining tested, documented software.
- Sound numerical and signal-processing judgment, plus practical judgment about runtime and memory use.
Nice to have
- Multimodal image registration, particularly alignment to MRI; ultrasound, microscopy, or other scientific imaging.
- GPU or distributed image processing; learned image-analysis methods; production-quality scientific software; AI tools or agents for scientific software development.
Pay
$185K – $225K USD base salary
Tools
Python, Bazel, GPU, MRI
AI focus
Developing and evaluating learned image-analysis methods is useful but not required; using AI tools or agents to develop scientific software and optimize processing pipelines is also useful but not required.
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