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Associate Director, App

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA

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Bio & Science AIonsitedirector$204k–$306k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead the Application Team building AI agents and interfaces for scientists.
  • Ship platform connecting AI to automated lab workflows and ML pipelines.
  • Accelerate research timelines from months to days with AI-native tools.

What they offer

  • Bonus potential
  • Early-stage equity
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Flexible time off with company holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Educational assistance program
  • Commuter benefits and subsidized lunch

Ideal candidate

An engineering leader energized by AI and science who thrives building high-performing teams from scratch and turning ambiguous research workflows into shipped product.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
  • 12+ years building and deploying large-scale production systems with 5+ years leading senior engineers
  • Track record building high-performing teams in high-growth or early-stage environments
  • Deep technical judgment on Applied AI and full-stack architecture
  • Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants and agentic tooling
  • Proven ability to define technical strategy and balance scalability, performance and delivery speed
  • Strong cross-functional partner able to explain complex ideas to diverse audiences

Lab profile

About Lila Sciences

Building an autonomous science platform where AI, automation, and biology co-evolve for medicine and materials.

What they build

  • Autonomous Science Platform
  • AI-designed biologics validated in wet-lab
  • Electro-optic materials and photonic devices

Known for

  • Large-scale automated data generation
  • High-throughput protein purification and analytics
  • Protein design and BioML modeling
  • Robotic orchestration and lab simulation
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