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Principal Engineer, Software (Enterprise Platform)

Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · San Francisco, CA

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Bio & Science AIonsiteprincipal$204k–$310k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build enterprise platform enabling autonomous science for large pharma customers.
  • Own multi-tenancy, audit and billing systems from design to production scale.
  • Create AI-native APIs and agentic workflows for self-service tenant management.

What they offer

  • Competitive base compensation with bonus potential
  • Generous early-stage equity
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Flexible time off with company-wide holidays
  • Paid parental leave and educational assistance
  • Commuter benefits and subsidized lunch program

Ideal candidate

A high-autonomy principal builder who thrives in ambiguity and owns secure, scalable platform outcomes. You care about making autonomous science deployable in regulated enterprises.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of software development experience, with a focus on Enterprise SaaS product development
  • Deep expertise in enterprise SaaS platform systems: authentication/authorization (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML), multi-tenancy, RBAC, billing/metering, configurations, SDK and APIs
  • Experience with modern cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/GCP) and event-driven systems
  • Track record building enterprise platforms in high-growth environments
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to influence architecture across teams
  • Hands-on coding in Python and modern backend frameworks (FastAPI, async Python)
  • BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field

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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