Senior Software Engineer, Lab Software

Lila Sciences
Cambridge
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 144,000 - 210,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5-8 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["React","TypeScript","Tailwind","FastAPI","SQL","NoSQL","Python","Pydantic","API design","Git","DevOps","Cloud","AWS","Kubernetes","Terraform","CloudFormation","CI/CD","GitHub Actions","AI coding assistants","Data pipelines"]

Senior backend-focused software engineer to join the Lab Software Team (LaS) building the data-heavy, scalable UI/API layer and infrastructure that integrates with AI-driven science workflows. You’ll work across front-end and back-end services, design scalable data schemas (SQL/NoSQL/Vector DBs), and collaborate with ML researchers and scientists, leveraging AWS, Kubernetes and DevOps practices to ship production-grade lab software.

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Senior Software Engineer, Lab Software

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Job Summary

Senior backend-focused software engineer to join the Lab Software Team (LaS) building the data-heavy, scalable UI/API layer and infrastructure that integrates with AI-driven science workflows. You’ll work across front-end and back-end services, design scalable data schemas (SQL/NoSQL/Vector DBs), and collaborate with ML researchers and scientists, leveraging AWS, Kubernetes and DevOps practices to ship production-grade lab software.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build high-performance, secure, and well-documented UI and APIs that integrate with AI-driven applications.
  • •Develop schemas and manage diverse data systems (SQL, NoSQL, Vector DBs, and others) for optimal performance and scalability.
  • •Drive the implementation of front-end and backend services, focusing on performance, maintainability, and reliability.
  • •Diagnose and optimize system bottlenecks, ensuring high availability and low-latency performance across large-scale workloads.
  • •Leverage AWS services, Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices to build and deploy production-grade systems at scale.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 144,000 - 210,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kPaid LeaveLearning BudgetEquityGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Experience:5-8 yearsLab softwareAI-driven scienceLife sciences
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:ReactTypeScriptTailwindFastAPISQLNoSQLPythonPydanticAPI designGitDevOpsCloudAWSKubernetesTerraformCloudFormationCI/CDGitHub ActionsAI coding assistantsData pipelines
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptTailwindFastAPISQLNoSQLPythonPydanticAWSKubernetesTerraformCloudFormationGitHub ActionsAirflowPrefectTemporalDagsterCI/CD

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
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