Senior Software Engineer, Data
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA
CHECKED 15H AGO
Bio & Science AIonsitesenior$144k–$288k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build the data backbone powering autonomous science across medicine and materials.
- Create self-service tools that turn raw lab measurements into discoveries.
- Build cutting-edge tools for automated scientific analysis with lab scientists.
What they offer
- Competitive base compensation with bonus potential and early-stage equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- Flexible time off with company-wide holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Educational assistance program
- Commuter benefits and company-subsidized lunch
Ideal candidate
A collaborative backend builder with 5-8+ years scaling production systems who thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional science teams and cares about user-centered design and turning complex data into discovery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 5-8+ years building and deploying large-scale backend systems in production
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, IaC and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with ORMs and web services for CRUD services
- Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, Dagster)
- Full-stack web app development experience
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants for productivity
- Strong cross-functional communication and problem-solving 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