7 senior lead software engineer jobs found

The Computational Policy Lab at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with specialized expertise in software development, generative AI, and data science. This position is housed within the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Through teaching and research at the Kennedy School of Government and its program of visiting fellows, conferences and initiatives, the Center is at the forefront of its area of inquiry.  Application Requirements Applications must include the following, or they will be considered incomplete: Resume Cover letter including: A link to a piece of code on GitHub that you wrote, ideally something that demonstrates your technical skills and you’d enjoy walking us through if you were selected for an interview A short description of the project you linked to Confirmation that you are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for at least two years...

This role has the possibility of being remote or hybrid.  Remote work may be considered for individuals living at least 100-mile radius from campus and where all work will be completed within a state that Harvard is registered to do business in (CA, CT, GA, IL, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VA, VT or WA). Please note that you may be expected to come to our Boston, MA based campus with specific duration and frequency to be determined by the department’s needs. Hybrid - We consider hybrid to be a combination of remote and onsite work at our Boston, MA based campus. HBS expects all staff to be onsite 3 days per week and departments provide onsite coverage Monday – Friday. Specific hours and days onsite will be determined by business needs and are subject to change with appropriate advanced notice.  Job Summary: Lead comprehensive applications/web development for highly complex projects; typically work as part of a team to implement complex business solutions. Deliver...

HALC seeks an experienced Senior Manager for Planning and Development, to facilitate the coordination of complex planning and design implementation, design review, and permitting processes across development projects within its portfolio.  Reporting to the Managing Director of Planning and Design Implementation, this role guides the development and refinement of site development parameters, design guidelines, and key physical planning elements for third-party projects; implements HALC’s design review process; and manages complex, multi-party entitlement efforts across the company’s development portfolio. The position requires exceptional organizational rigor, strong design judgment, collaborative spirit, and the ability to facilitate alignment among multiple stakeholders — including institutional and development partners, consultants, and public agencies — on a range of complex design, planning, and regulatory issues, ensuring projects advance in a manner consistent with the...

Design, plan, and implement software and data services that support and enrich research productivity and reliability.  Develop software and data services with researchers to ensure that modern standards of reproducible research are kept. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is hiring a Senior Research Software Engineer (RSE) to support a portfolio of faculty-led research projects under the HDSI–AWS Impact Computing Alliance. This role is designed for an engineer who thrives in research settings and enjoys translating scientific goals into robust, efficient, and reproducible AI/ML systems. Rather than being tied to a single lab, the RSE will provide shared, cross-project engineering support—helping multiple teams accelerate discovery by building and optimizing machine learning infrastructure, improving performance on modern hardware (including AI accelerators), and enabling scalable execution in AWS and HPC environments. Projects may span...

Organizational Context/Position Summary: Engineering & Utilities (E&U) operates and manages energy supplies, district energy plants, and utility infrastructures on the Cambridge/Allston campuses, a 24/7 facilities-related call, alarm monitoring, and dispatch center, and provides engineering and technical services. This position provides electrical engineering at a senior level for the planning, design, technical support on operation, maintenance, and upgrades of the University’s utility infrastructure which includes electric, steam, hot water and chilled water as well asenergy/building management and utility metering systems. This position shall also perform special short and long-range projects as directed. Duties & Responsibilities: Partners with E&U Leadership to develop, refine, and maintain the campus utility systems. Coordinate with the plans and needs of the University’s Schools and Units. Oversee the installation and relocation of underground utility...

Job Summary: As our Lead Software Engineer, you will collaborate with and shepherd software engineers, data scientists, and machine learning engineers, and will develop AI-based software solutions to better address the needs of our constituents (students, alumni, faculty, researchers, staff, and community at large). You will have the chance to guide and continuously improve the ways in which we engage, educate, and empower people around the world, combining the best of human touch and technology scale, exploring the use of everything from the latest generative AI models to blended and immersive environments, multi-modal and varied-form content, and the most innovative research and teaching methodologies. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Develop production-ready software solutions that solve real business problems, taking into account business needs and technology/operations landscape; lead interaction with internal stakeholders and technology on specific projects and...

Job Summary: Lead development and implementation of complex information technology projects and architecture to solve problems with wide impact, requiring high levels of functional integration. The Technical Lead acts as the primary architectural authority and engineering manager for the HBS Foundry platform. This hands-on role is responsible for architecting scalable technical solutions, managing the engineering team, and working closely with the Product Team and Business Leadership to build AI-powered tools that deliver measurable value. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Technical Architecture & Strategy Architect, design, and provide hands-on contribution to the development and deployment of scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions that support business goals and product initiatives. Make technical design choices and follow technical standards, including cyber security, software languages, tools, and infrastructure. Balance fast, lean innovation...