Staff Engineer, Data Platform
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA
CHECKED 15H AGO
Bio & Science AIonsitestaff$192k–$272k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design core data infrastructure powering automated scientific discovery at scale.
- Build pipelines ingesting lab instruments, public datasets and research literature.
- Run observable, fault-tolerant orchestration for multi-step science pipelines.
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 and paid parental leave
- Educational assistance, commuter benefits and subsidized lunch
Ideal candidate
A seasoned data infrastructure leader who cares deeply about principled system design and durable platforms. You thrive translating scientific needs into architecture while mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or related field and 8+ years as software or data engineer focused on data infrastructure
- Designed and shipped data platform components from the ground up including ingestion, storage and orchestration
- Fluent in Python and SQL and writes production-quality code
- Production experience with relational and NoSQL databases, schema design and query optimization at scale
- Proven cross-functional work with scientists, ML researchers and engineers
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized deployment (AWS, Kubernetes)
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