Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA
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Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$144k–$270k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build next-gen AI platform powering autonomous scientific discovery.
- Turn cutting-edge AI research into production systems for real science.
- Work at intersection of AI and science across medicine and materials.
What they offer
- 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
- Commuter benefits and subsidized lunch
Ideal candidate
A backend-leaning engineer with 7+ years experience who loves bridging software and applied AI. You thrive in fast-paced teams turning research into reliable, impactful systems for science.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- 7+ years building and scaling production systems, APIs and distributed services
- Strong Python skills with FastAPI, Flask or Django for backend services
- Experience with SQL, NoSQL and vector databases including schema design and optimization
- Hands-on experience integrating ML models or AI workflows into production
- Proficiency with AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code
- Ability to work cross-functionally and explain complex concepts to non-experts
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