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Senior / Engineer II, AI Lab Research Engineer

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA

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Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$148k–$240k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build agentic AI systems that reason across multi-step scientific problems.
  • Turn natural language intent into executable steps for lab instruments.
  • Build benchmarks and telemetry to measure progress toward science goals.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

Quantitatively trained scientist-engineer energized by cross-functional collaboration and turning AI advances into real lab discovery for health, climate, and sustainability.

Requirements

  • PhD or Masters in a quantitative discipline with strong background in machine learning and one domain of science
  • Strong grasp of LLMs and agent architectures and how to adapt them to domains
  • Proficiency in modern ML frameworks and experience implementing scalable solutions for complex tasks
  • Comfort collaborating across disciplines and interfacing with simulations and real lab systems
remote policy
Hybrid and on-site available depending on team needs

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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