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# Principal Software Engineer - MATLAB Data Visualization (36861-RKUL)

- **Company:** The MathWorks, Inc.
- **Location:** Natick, MA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Quality, D3.Js, Data Visualization, Graphics Software, MATLAB, Software Architecture, Scientific Computating, Software Systems, Web Applications, Three.js, Performance Testing, Mathworks
- **Published:** June 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usd8c384908134258e008c0801791ef4da

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

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.
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.


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