This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Software Engineer – Microscopy Data Management & Cloud Platform based in India.
This is a hands-on principal engineering role focused on building a distributed scientific data platform for microscopy and life-science applications.
You will design systems capable of managing large-scale image data, metadata, search, transformation, storage, transfer, and analysis workflows.
The platform will operate across laboratory instruments, user devices, on-premise environments, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
You’ll tackle complex challenges around high-throughput data pipelines, reliable transfers, database architecture, and distributed multi-user systems.
The role combines deep technical execution with architectural leadership, influencing engineering standards and cross-team technical direction.
You’ll collaborate closely with specialists across image analysis, instrument software, web applications, cloud engineering, and scientific domains.




This is a fully remote prospect in India with significant scope to shape a platform supporting advanced scientific and life-science workflows.
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Accountabilities:
Design and develop a distributed data management platform supporting microscopy, scientific imaging, and life-science workflows.
Architect scalable storage, indexing, search, caching, and high-throughput data-transfer mechanisms for large scientific datasets across hybrid edge, on-premise, and cloud environments.
Design and implement robust backend APIs, contracts, schemas, and interfaces that enable interoperability between instrument control systems, image-analysis applications, user interfaces, and cloud services.
Build reliable and resumable data-transfer pipelines between instruments, local systems, and cloud environments, including solutions for offline-first and intermittently connected scenarios.
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📌 Principal Software Engineer – Microscopy Data Management (India)
🏢 Jobgether
📍 India