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Senior Software Engineer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Natick, MA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Software Engineering

🗓️ December 30th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

MathWorks is hiring a Senior Software Engineer. The role involves designing and implementing new features in the core code generation infrastructure, developing compiler optimizations, and participating in cross-team collaboration. The engineer will handle all stages of software development including requirements, design, implementation, testing, and support by analyzing software defects and maintaining quality metrics.

Highlights
  • Design and implement features for core code generation and Simulink Code Inspector toolbox software.
  • Develop compiler optimizations and work with large codebases (30K+ lines).
  • Use test-driven development including writing unit tests and iterative development.
  • Participate in cross-team collaboration and customer/internal root cause analysis.
  • Required expertise in C++ in production, object-oriented programming, and compiler design.
  • Familiarity with dataflow/control flow analysis and software design patterns.
  • Experience with advanced data structures like directed acyclic graphs and n-ary trees.
  • Qualifications include a Master’s degree plus 2 years experience, Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years experience, or PhD with no experience required.
  • Responsible for writing detailed requirements, design specs, and bug reports.
  • Multiple positions available, with up to 40% telecommuting allowed.

Senior Software Engineer Full Description

Senior Software Engineer


Job Summary
Design and implement new features in MathWorks’ core code generation infrastructure using object-oriented and compiler development skills. Develop compiler optimizations that will improve MathWorks’ code generation products. Deliver features using test-driven development, writing unit tests, and fast iterations. Participate in cross-team collaboration across multiple development teams. Responsible for all stages of software development including requirements specifications, architecture, design, implementation, and testing. Write detailed requirements, functional design, and architectural design specs for developing capabilities in the Simulink Code Inspector toolbox software. Work with customers and internal teams to do root cause analysis of software defects and provide fixes. Maintain expected quality metrics in relation to software faults. Write detailed bug reports.

May telecommute up to 40%.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 
Employer will accept a Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and [2] two years of experience in the job offered or in a Senior Software Engineer-related occupation. 

Alternatively, employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related [5] five years of experience in the job offered or in a Senior Software Engineer-related occupation or a PhD in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field no experience.

Position requires demonstrable experience with the following:

  1. C++ in a production environment;
  2. Familiarity with Object oriented or Object system programming;
  3. Diving into and work with large code bases with 30K lines or more;
  4. Program Static Analysis and Compiler Design – Understanding of dataflow and control flow analysis and experience with implementation of compiler components;
  5. Software Design Patterns – Using knowledge of design patterns to develop scalable software architectures; and
  6. Experience with abstraction, algorithmic, and software architecture skills including directed acyclic graph, n-ary trees, or related data structures.

Experience may be gained during graduate program. Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, and/or experience. Multiple positions available.