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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
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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
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