Sr Principal/Principal Software Engineer, App
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA
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Bio & Science AIonsiteprincipal$204k–$348k
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 compensation with bonus potential
- Generous early-stage equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time U.S. employees
- Flexible time off with company-wide holidays and paid parental leave
- Educational assistance program and company-subsidized lunch
Ideal candidate
A seasoned full-stack builder who thrives at the intersection of AI and science, energized by unsolved problems and close collaboration with scientists to ship trusted, impactful research tools.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 8-15 years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale systems in production
- Strong in either front-end or backend development
- Full stack development experience across React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants to drive productivity
- Proven cross-functional collaboration with scientists, data engineers, and product teams
- Proven ability to own complex backend challenges balancing scalability and maintainability
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