Software/Data Engineer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision plans

MIT pension

401K matching

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Mentorship programs

Work-life balance options

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a Software/Data Engineer in Lexington, MA to advance software architectures, bioinformatics tools, and AI algorithms for national security applications. You will develop data harmonization solutions, web apps, simulations, and streaming systems in a collaborative, security-conscious team.

Required are advanced degrees or equivalent experience, strong Python skills, SQL proficiency, and experience with AI/ML models, ETL processes, and version control.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• In lieu of a master's, a bachelor's with 3–5 years of experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and related frameworks.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Develop software to support harmonization of medical and health data.
• Web-based app development for biomedical analytics.
• Modeling and simulation of analytical workflows.
• Data streaming applications and pipelines.

Skills

Python

SQL

AI/ML experience

Data engineering

Git

Communication

Team collaboration

SDLC

Security-conscious

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree with 3–5 years of experience

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Git

AWS

Databricks

Job description

Software/Data Engineer

Location: Lexington, MA, US

Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Date: Sep 30, 2026

The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytic and Al/ML solutions that leverage the vast and rapidly expanding biological datasets to address national security needs. The Group's efforts include developing software architectures and systems, bioinformatics tools, and AI algorithms to further the nation's efforts in biomedical, health, chemical and biological defense, biosecurity, public and global health and warfighter performance.

TheBioanalyticsSystems and Technologies Group is in search of an innovative and highly motivated software engineer to support several projects within our group. Project tasksincludedevelopment of software to support harmonization of medical and health data, web-based app development,modeling and simulation,and data streaming applications.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Scienceor related discipline. In lieu of a master's degree, a bachelor's degree with 3 to 5 years of experience
• Software Design and Development Life-cycle knowledge
• Strongproficiencyin Python and related frameworks
• Proficiencywith relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and SQL
• Experience with training, deploying, and/or evaluatingAI / ML or data science models
• Experience with data engineering,defining ETL/ ELT processes,andusing workfloworchestrators
• Experience using version control software, such as git, in a team setting
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skillsand ability to work collaboratively with ateam
• Experience workingwith building andmaintainingapplications in security-sensitive, regulated enterprise settings

Desired Requirements

• Experiencewith Big Data cloud platforms like Databricksa plus
• Experience with biological and medical data a plus
• Experience with dataharmonizationandmedicaldata standardslike OMOP,FHIR, and HL7 a plus
• Experience with using AWS cloud services for AI and Data Engineering a plus
• Experiencebuilding softwareintegrations withAI / ML/ LLMmodelsand libraries a plus
• Experience with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)usingvarioussourcedocument formats a plus

Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $116,400 - $140,000

Experienced Hiring Range: $116,400 - $182,200

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT-funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Mentorship programs
• A range of work-life balance options
• ... and much more!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.