Lila Sciences

AI

StaffSoftwareEngineer,ScientificSystemofRecord

$144–288k Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer, Scientific System of Record at Lila Sciences. Skills: front-end engineering, backend engineering, data modeling, system design. Develop user interfaces. Develop services”

What You'll Achieve.

handle diverse workloads; scale seamlessly; ensure reproducibility; close the Design-Build-Test-Learn loop; improve engineering productivity

Industry & Context.

AI
Problems you'll solve

take ownership of complex technical challenges; balancing trade-offs between scalability, performance, and maintainability

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, 6–8+ years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale systems in production, expertise in at least one of the following areas, with the ability to work across the stack: front-end engineering, backend engineering, or data modeling and system design, TypeScript, React, Python, SQL, NoSQL, vector databases, schema design, indexing, query optimization, RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, AI coding assistants, life sciences, materials science, research-heavy or data-intensive fields, Communication, Collaboration, listening skills, Problem Solving, ownership of complex technical challenges

Nice to Have

Python experience is strongly preferred, Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants to improve engineering productivity, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, containerization, infrastructure as code, Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Flyte, Temporal, Airflow, Prefect, laboratory, scientific workflow, LIMS, ELN, data platform, ML platform products, auditability, traceability, reproducibility, data provenance, regulated workflows

What You'll Do.

Develop user interfaces

Develop high-performance APIs

Develop reliable systems

Integrate AI frameworks

Integrate scientific analytics

Integrate laboratory workflows

Drive application development

Diagnose system bottlenecks

Ensure high availability

Ensure low-latency performance

Leverage AWS services

Leverage DevOps practices

Build production-grade systems

Deploy production-grade systems

Integrate data pipelines

Integrate cloud infrastructure

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with ML researchers; Work closely with platform engineers; Work closely with scientists; Work with ML researchers; Work with engineers; Work with scientists; Work cross-functionally with scientists; Work cross-functionally with data engineers; Work cross-functionally with product managers

Communication Scope

explain complex ideas to diverse audiences

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