Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences

Lila Sciences
Cambridge
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 192,000 - 256,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Autonomy","Fast learner"]

Join Lila Sciences as a Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with biotech teams and customers to rapidly ship AI-enabled scientific tools. You’ll develop domain-specific software, build real-time data pipelines, and create intuitive interfaces that make AI/ML capabilities accessible to researchers. This high-velocity role blends software engineering with scientific collaboration, traveling to customer sites to deploy production-grade solutions at scale.

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Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences
11 months ago

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences

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Job Summary

Join Lila Sciences as a Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with biotech teams and customers to rapidly ship AI-enabled scientific tools. You’ll develop domain-specific software, build real-time data pipelines, and create intuitive interfaces that make AI/ML capabilities accessible to researchers. This high-velocity role blends software engineering with scientific collaboration, traveling to customer sites to deploy production-grade solutions at scale.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Developing, wrapping, and adapting domain-specific tools for molecular modeling, data analysis, process optimization, molecular modeling, and more
  • •Deploying custom, agentic scientific workflows that integrate with industrial instruments (PLCs, control software) and data systems (ERP, MES, SCADA)
  • •Building real-time data pipelines that transform messy scientific data into actionable insights
  • •Creating intuitive interfaces that make complex AI/ML capabilities accessible to scientists
  • •Architecting solutions that scale from proof-of-concept to enterprise-wide deployment
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 192,000 - 256,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Background in biology, molecular science, or related scientific field
  • •Outstanding communication skills—you'll interface directly with both executives and the manufacturing line
  • •Experience with data engineering, ETL pipelines, and working with complex/messy datasets
  • •Strong full-stack development skills with the ability to work across backend, frontend, and data layers
  • •Exceptional problem-solving abilities and comfort with ambiguous requirements
Experience:Life sciencesBiotech
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCollaborationAutonomyFast learner
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptReactNumPyPandasSciPyRDKitETLData pipelinesPLCERPMESSCADA

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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