2 months ago

Software Engineer II, Lab Software

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Job Summary

Software Engineer II with backend focus to join LILA’s Lab Software Team (LaS) building high-performance UI and API integrations, scalable data systems, and production-grade services that connect AI-driven science workflows with lab instruments, across AWS, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices.

Location: Cambridge

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Design and build UI and APIs: design and build high-performance, secure, and well-documented UI and APIs that integrate with AI-driven applications.
•Database architecture & scaling: develop schemas and manage diverse data systems (SQL, NoSQL, Vector DBs, and others) for optimal performance and scalability.
•Application development: drive the implementation of front-end and backend services, focusing on performance, maintainability, and reliability.
•Performance & reliability: diagnose and optimize system bottlenecks, ensuring high availability and low-latency performance across large-scale workloads.
•Cloud & infrastructure: leverage AWS services, Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices to build and deploy production-grade systems at scale.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 120,000 - 180,000 annually

Perks:MedicalDentalVisionCommuter BenefitsBike ShareMeal AllowanceParental LeaveLife InsuranceDisability Insurance

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
•2-5 years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale systems in production. You must be strong in backend.
•Full Stack Development: Experience developing web apps across the full stack (React, TypeScript, TailWind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic).
•Hands on experience using AI coding assistants to drive productivity is required.
•Communication & Collaboration: Acute listening skills and proven ability to work cross-functionally with scientists, data engineers, and product teams; ability to explain complex ideas to diverse audiences.

Experience:2-5 yearsLife sciencesLab softwareAIFull stackReactTypeScriptFastAPIPythonAWSKubernetes

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingGitDevelopment workflowsUser-centered design

Languages:English

Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptTailwindFastAPISQLNoSQLPythonPydanticAWSKubernetesTerraformCloudFormationCI/CDGitHub ActionsAirflowPrefectDagster

Company Brief

Lila Sciences

Develops AI-driven platforms to accelerate drug discovery and biological research by integrating machine learning with chemical and biological data to predict molecular properties, streamline candidate selection, and enable faster therapeutic development.

Industry: Biotech

Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)

Growth: Early Stage Startup

Funding: Seed

Website LinkedIn

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Lila Sciences

2 months ago

Software Engineer II, Lab Software

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Cambridge

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Design and build UI and APIs: design and build high-performance, secure, and well-documented UI and APIs that integrate with AI-driven applications.
•Database architecture & scaling: develop schemas and manage diverse data systems (SQL, NoSQL, Vector DBs, and others) for optimal performance and scalability.
•Application development: drive the implementation of front-end and backend services, focusing on performance, maintainability, and reliability.
•Performance & reliability: diagnose and optimize system bottlenecks, ensuring high availability and low-latency performance across large-scale workloads.
•Cloud & infrastructure: leverage AWS services, Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices to build and deploy production-grade systems at scale.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 120,000 - 180,000 annually

Perks:MedicalDentalVisionCommuter BenefitsBike ShareMeal AllowanceParental LeaveLife InsuranceDisability Insurance

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
•2-5 years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale systems in production. You must be strong in backend.
•Full Stack Development: Experience developing web apps across the full stack (React, TypeScript, TailWind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic).
•Hands on experience using AI coding assistants to drive productivity is required.
•Communication & Collaboration: Acute listening skills and proven ability to work cross-functionally with scientists, data engineers, and product teams; ability to explain complex ideas to diverse audiences.

Experience:2-5 yearsLife sciencesLab softwareAIFull stackReactTypeScriptFastAPIPythonAWSKubernetes

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingGitDevelopment workflowsUser-centered design

Languages:English

Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptTailwindFastAPISQLNoSQLPythonPydanticAWSKubernetesTerraformCloudFormationCI/CDGitHub ActionsAirflowPrefectDagster

Company Brief

Lila Sciences

Industry: Biotech

Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)

Growth: Early Stage Startup

Funding: Seed

Website LinkedIn