Software Engineer
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lexington, MA · $100k–$120k a year · Posted October 26, 2026
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Where Lexington, MA ranks
Where Lexington, MA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Northeast19% · of 48
- #2Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in New England19% · of 20
- #3Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in New England65 / 100 · of 11
- #4Best cities for pay after cost of living in New England$162k · of 11
- #4Best cities for pay after cost of living in Massachusetts$162k · of 9
- #4Best cities for software and engineering jobs in New England114 openings · of 24
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $110,100 a year. Across 475 open software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $159,500 to $238,500 and the median is $197,500. That is 44% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among software developers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for software developers: 29% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytic and Al/ML solutions that leverage vast and rapidly expanding biological datasets to address national security needs. The Group