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Staff Engineer, Data Platform

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · Alewife, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA

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Bio & Science AIonsitestaff$192k–$272k
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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
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