Staff Software Engineer, Lab Software

Lila Sciences
Cambridge
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 192,000 - 256,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Frontend development","Backend development"]

Staff software engineer role building backend-focused, full-stack tools for lab software in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. You’ll design UI and APIs, architect data systems, and integrate cloud infra (AWS, Kubernetes) with ML workflows to enable automated scientific analysis at scale.

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Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences
3 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Lab Software

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Job Summary

Staff software engineer role building backend-focused, full-stack tools for lab software in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. You’ll design UI and APIs, architect data systems, and integrate cloud infra (AWS, Kubernetes) with ML workflows to enable automated scientific analysis at scale.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

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 192,000 - 256,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionEquity401kCommuter BenefitsPaid ParentalEducation Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • •8+ years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale systems in production (backend-focused).
  • •Full stack development experience across the stack (React, TypeScript, Tailwind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic).
  • •Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants to drive productivity.
  • •Strong communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (scientists, data engineers, product teams).
Experience:8+ yearsLife sciencesAILab software
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingTeamworkFrontend developmentBackend development
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ReactTypeScriptTailwindFastAPISQLNoSQLPythonPydanticAWSKubernetesTerraformCloudFormationGitHub ActionsAirflowPrefectDagsterDevOps

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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