Principal Software Engineer, Data
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA
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Bio & Science AIonsiteprincipal$204k–$348k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build the data backbone powering Lila's AI Science Factory.
- Turn raw lab measurements into tools for scientific discovery.
- Design high-performance APIs for AI-driven science workflows.
What they offer
- Competitive base compensation with bonus potential
- Generous 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
Ideal candidate
A collaborative backend leader with 8-15 years scaling production systems who thrives partnering with scientists and ML teams and cares about turning complex data into faster scientific discovery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- 8-15 years building and deploying large-scale production systems
- Strong scalable backend system design
- Full-stack web app development experience
- Experience with orchestration tools
- Familiarity with Python for science and ML libraries
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
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