Senior Software Engineer, App
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA
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Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$144k–$240k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build AI-native platform carrying scientists from hypothesis to breakthrough results.
- Design agents and interfaces that let researchers seamlessly collaborate with AI.
- Ship tools that accelerate research timelines from months to days.
What they offer
- Competitive base with bonus potential and early-stage equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible time off with company holidays
- Paid parental leave and educational assistance
Ideal candidate
A product-minded backend-strong engineer who loves inventing AI-native experiences for science and collaborating closely with scientists and ML researchers to ship impactful tools fast.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 5-8+ years building and deploying large-scale systems in production, strong in backend
- Full stack web app experience across frontend and backend services
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants to drive productivity
- Proven cross-functional collaboration and communication with diverse audiences
- Ownership of complex backend challenges balancing scalability and performance
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