Software Engineer, Neuralink
Pathology and Digital Imaging
$135-216k
+ RSUs
Brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers
Be an early applicant
Brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$135-216k
+ RSUs
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a generalised brain interface to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs today and unlock human potential tomorrow.
Role
Who you are
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated work experience
- Strong full-stack engineering skills. Our stack is Ruby on Rails and React/TypeScript, but we care more about your ability to learn and ship than your resume matching our package.json
- You've built software that real people use
- You can talk to users, understand their problems, and translate that into well-built software. This role is deeply collaborative
- You take ownership. When your software breaks on the floor, you fix it
- You're comfortable with ambiguity. Manufacturing at this scale hasn't been done before for this kind of device
What the job involves
- The Pathology and Digital Imaging team enables the rigorous preclinical studies our devices go through before reaching a user. Testing is precise; analyzing tissue to understand exactly what happened at the cellular level. This team is crucial for proving safety, improving our device, and pushing science forward
- Histological analysis has shown that Neuralink's threads preserve 98% of neurons at the implant interface. The Pathology and Digital Imaging Team makes these kinds of analyses possible
- This is a small, tightly knit team, and you'll work directly with pathologists, technicians, and neuroscientists. You'll watch them use your software, hear what's slow, see what's confusing, and ship fixes and features fast. The feedback loop is measured in hours, not sprints
- As a Software Engineer on the Pathology and Digital Imaging Team, you'll own the software stack that powers Neuralink's pathology and histology operations. This spans the full lifecycle - from the moment tissue is collected at necropsy, through processing, staining, and imaging
- You’ll build the software that makes this analysis scalable: tracking thousands of tissue specimens from collection through microscopic analysis, giving scientists the tools to analyze billion-pixel images, and building AI tools to auto-analyze tissue response. Projects you will work on:
- Tissue specimen tracking systems that follow samples, organ blocks, and slides through every step of the histology workflow
- A high-performance whole-slide image viewer that renders billion-pixel microscopy images in the browser
- Annotation and analysis tools that let scientists draw regions of interest, score pathology findings, and compare serial sections with image alignment and overlay
- ML annotation pipelines where model predictions are surfaced to scientists for validation, accelerating the analysis of large tissue datasets
Our take
Neuralink is a company developing ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers. Its primary objective is to help people with paralysis to gain more autonomy in their everyday lives, with the possibility that its tech will be used to enhance the abilities of the wider community further in the future.
For many, brain implants such as those being developed by Neuralink belong firmly in the realm of sci-fi. That said, the idea of interfacing machines with the brain for medical purposes has existed for some time, with examples including cochlear implants and Deep Brain Stimulation. Having secured FDA approval in 2023, Neuralink has since completed human trials, with Elon Musk announcing in 2024 that its first patients are reacting well - a significant step in its ambitious proposals becoming a reality.
The human tests have made the company more appealing to investors, and Neuralink has since raised considerable funds towards advancing its research. It should be noted, though, that despite this positive attention, much discussion surrounding the company regards its animal testing practices, which - some sources say - may have resulted in more animal deaths than necessary as staff were pressured to push for the FDA approval. Despite the ethical debate surrounding Neuralink's practices, its implants seem to be working at their early stages.
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Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2025
$650m
SERIES E
Aug 2023
$323m
SERIES D
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
- Growth potential - We rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
- Flexible time off + paid holidays
- Equity + 401(k) plan
- Commuter Benefits
- Meals provided
- Parental leave
Company HQ
Fremont, CA
Leadership
Max Hodak
(Co-Founder & President)Founder and CEO of Science. Former Founder and CEO at Transcriptic, and previously at MyFit. Was a Research Assistant at Duke University Medical Center for 4 years.
Elon Musk
(Co-Founder & CEO)Founder, Chairman, CEO and CTO of SpaceX. CEO and Product Architect at Tesla. Owner, Chairman and CTO of X Corp. Co-founder of OpenAI, and President of the Musk Foundation.
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