Production-Ready Research Software Engineer

Automated Tire, Inc.; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

On-site parking

Comprehensive benefits package

Prime location in Woburn, MA

Job summary

Automated Tire, Inc. in Woburn, MA is seeking a Research Software Engineer to lead the architectural design of our research software ecosystem and bridge it to production. You will replace ad hoc tooling with unified infrastructure and standardize engineering practices across the team.

You will design robust APIs, productionize complex research algorithms, and mentor researchers on software best practices to streamline workflows in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years in software engineering.
• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Strong software architecture and system design expertise.
• Proven ability to define clean APIs and integrate cross-functional software systems.
• Solid engineering practices: testing, documentation, version control, and AI-assisted tooling.
• Ability to refactor and optimize code written by scientific domain experts.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain shared software infrastructure, tools, and data pipelines across the research team.
• Consolidate disparate internal tools into scalable, reusable frameworks to eliminate redundant development.
• Design robust APIs and interfaces connecting experimental code with production systems.
• Partner with software product teams to productionize complex research algorithms.
• Establish software engineering standards, version control workflows, code review practices, and AI-assisted tooling guidelines.
• Refactor and harden experimental code from domain experts while maintaining scientific integrity.
• Mentor researchers on software best practices and monitor ongoing development to streamline workflows.

Skills

Software architecture

API design

System design

Code quality

AI-assisted development tools

Autonomy

Education

BS in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

MATLAB

NumPy

pandas

SciPy

Job description

Automated Tire, Inc. in Woburn, MA is seeking a Research Software Engineer to lead the architectural design of our research software ecosystem and bridge it to production. You will replace ad hoc tooling with unified infrastructure and standardize engineering practices across the team.

You will design robust APIs, productionize complex research algorithms, and mentor researchers on software best practices to streamline workflows in a fast-paced startup environment.