Principal Software Engineer – MATLAB Data Visualization

MathWorks; Natick (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks seeks a senior software engineer to help shape the MATLAB Graphics and Data Visualization web platforms. You will work across client, server, and cloud components to enable customers to access and interact with data visualizations at scale.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience in production software, with strong C++ and JavaScript skills, plus familiarity with D3.js/Three.js and MATLAB.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 10+ years professional experience or equivalent.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and JavaScript for large-scale, production software.
• Experience designing web-based visualization systems in production web apps.
• Familiarity with web graphics/charting frameworks (D3.js, Three.js) and MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve architectural direction for web-based visualization solutions.
• Drive modernization with careful tradeoffs for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Provide technical leadership and guide design reviews across teams.
• Lead automated workflows for building, testing, and delivering web graphics software.
• Champion quality through automated functional and non-functional testing strategies.
• Mentor engineers with technical guidance and feedback.

Skills

C++

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

D3.js

Three.js

MATLAB

Job description

Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding.

The MATLAB Graphics and Data Visualization team is responsible for the core visualization experience in MATLAB. We develop a broad range of plotting and charting capabilities, from foundational line and scatter plots to extensible tools for building advanced interactive data visualizations. Our work forms a critical bridge between interactive graphics, rendering, and export within the MATLAB ecosystem, and plays a central role in shaping the evolution of MATLAB’s data visualization capabilities.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

As a member of the MATLAB Graphics and Data Visualization team, you will focus on developing web‑based solutions spanning client, server, and cloud-hosted components that enable customers to access, share, and interact with their data visualizations in new and innovative ways.

• Own and evolve architectural direction for web‑based solutions that deliver MATLAB graphics to customers.
• Drive cross-team modernization efforts, making informed tradeoffs around scalability, reliability, performance and consistency for interactive, data‑first visualizations.
• Provide technical leadership by guiding design reviews, influencing system‑level decisions, and sharing best practices across teams.
• Lead the development of shared, automated workflows for building, testing, and delivering web‑based graphics software.
• Champion software quality, including the definition and application of functional and non‑functional testing strategies with a strong emphasis on automation.
• Mentor and support other engineers through technical guidance, design feedback, and knowledge sharing.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Additional Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing web‑based data visualization systems in production web applications.
• Proficiency in C++ and JavaScript, applied to large, complex, production‑quality software systems.
• Experience designing, evolving, and maintaining large‑scale software architectures, including cloud‑based systems.
• Demonstrated experience with automated testing strategies, including functional and non‑functional testing, to ensure system correctness, performance, and reliability.
• Ability to define technical direction and make architectural decisions for complex, cross‑cutting systems.
• Experience mentoring and developing engineers through technical guidance and design reviews.
• Familiarity with web graphics or charting frameworks such as D3.js, Three.js, or similar technologies.
• Experience with MATLAB or other scientific computing and data visualization software.