Principal Software Engineer - MATLAB Graphics

Principal Software Engineer - MATLAB Graphics

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• Job: 36799-RKUL
• Team: Product Development
• Location: US-MA-Natick
• Salary Range: $160,800 - $257,300

Job Summary

MATLAB Graphics team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help shape the evolution of MATLAB graphics. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the design and direction of a graphics and data visualization platform used by millions of scientists, engineers, and educators worldwide to visualize and analyze data.

As a Principal Engineer, you will bring deep experience in cloud application developmentto modernize and extend MATLAB's graphics architecture. You will shape the long-term direction of the architecture spanning desktop and web. You will be partnering with, influencing, and coaching engineers who specialize in graphics systems and browser-based rendering. If you are motivated by solving challenging architectural problems, and delivering high customer impact, this role offers a rare opportunity to make a lasting contribution.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical evolution of the MATLAB Graphics architecture toward a cloud-native model, partnering with stakeholders to align on goals and priorities.
• Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance and design reviews, supporting their technical growth and raising the quality bar across the team.
• Apply modern cloud engineering practices to graphics and visualization systems (CI/CD, observability, scalability, security).
• Deliver concrete enhancements to MATLAB graphics and interactive visualization (e.g., performance, rendering fidelity, interactivity, and new visualization capabilities).

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 10 years of professional work experience (or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Understanding of cloud-native architecture patterns - including scalability, reliability, and observability - to guide the evolution of a graphics architecture toward a cloud native model.

• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment on technical direction and prioritization for complex systems.

• Track record of mentoring and developing engineers through technical guidance, design feedback, and architectural reviews.

• Experience with MATLAB or other scientific computation and data visualization software.

• Familiarity with web graphics or charting frameworks such as D3.js, Three.js, or similar.

• Familiarity with designing and implementing computer graphics and data visualization systems using browser-based rendering technologies (e.g., WebGL).