Lila Sciences, Inc.
Overview
Lila Sciences is the worlds first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method. We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at www.lila.ai People & Culture
At Lila, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. Role
If this sounds like a fit, join us in shaping the future of science! We are seeking an experienced full-stack senior software engineer to join our software platform team, where youll collaborate with software engineers, lab scientists, and machine learning engineers to build cutting-edge tools for automated scientific analysis and more. This role spans web services and data engineering, with a strong emphasis on Python development for scientific applications. If you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and bring best practices in git, development workflows, and user-centered design, we want to hear from you! Design & Build Services and Front-ends:
Design and build high-performance, secure, and well-documented code that integrate with an ecosystem of existing services and apps. 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. Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Work with ML researchers, engineers, and scientists to integrate data pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure into scientific workflows and services. What Youll Need to Succeed
Bachelors or Masters degree
in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 4-8 years of experience
writing software in a commercial setting. Full Stack Development : Experience developing web apps across the full stack (React, TypeScript, Monorepos like Nx, TailWind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic) Cloud & DevOps Knowledge:
Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure; strong understanding of Kubernetes and containerization, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions). Communication & Collaboration : Acute listening skills, and a proven track record of working cross-functionally with scientists, data engineers, and product teams; able to explain complex ideas to diverse audiences. Problem Solving : Proven ability to take ownership of complex backend challenges, balancing trade-offs between scalability, performance, and maintainability. Hands-On with Latest AI Tools:
Exposure to AI technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), or agentic frameworks, as well as experience leveraging AI to improve development performance. Experience with ORMs:
Experience with web services for CRUD operations (SQLModel, FastAPI, Django). Orchestration Systems:
Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, Dagster). Familiarity with Python for Science : Familiarity with data science and ML libraries (pandas, numpy, scipy, jax, pytorch). Domain Background:
Exposure to laboratory software or analytics for life sciences, material sciences, or related fields. Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. A Note to Agencies
Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Sciences internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Lila Sciences, Inc.? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Apply for this job
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Lila Sciences is the worlds first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method. We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at www.lila.ai People & Culture
At Lila, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. Role
If this sounds like a fit, join us in shaping the future of science! We are seeking an experienced full-stack senior software engineer to join our software platform team, where youll collaborate with software engineers, lab scientists, and machine learning engineers to build cutting-edge tools for automated scientific analysis and more. This role spans web services and data engineering, with a strong emphasis on Python development for scientific applications. If you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and bring best practices in git, development workflows, and user-centered design, we want to hear from you! Design & Build Services and Front-ends:
Design and build high-performance, secure, and well-documented code that integrate with an ecosystem of existing services and apps. 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. Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Work with ML researchers, engineers, and scientists to integrate data pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure into scientific workflows and services. What Youll Need to Succeed
Bachelors or Masters degree
in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 4-8 years of experience
writing software in a commercial setting. Full Stack Development : Experience developing web apps across the full stack (React, TypeScript, Monorepos like Nx, TailWind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic) Cloud & DevOps Knowledge:
Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure; strong understanding of Kubernetes and containerization, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions). Communication & Collaboration : Acute listening skills, and a proven track record of working cross-functionally with scientists, data engineers, and product teams; able to explain complex ideas to diverse audiences. Problem Solving : Proven ability to take ownership of complex backend challenges, balancing trade-offs between scalability, performance, and maintainability. Hands-On with Latest AI Tools:
Exposure to AI technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), or agentic frameworks, as well as experience leveraging AI to improve development performance. Experience with ORMs:
Experience with web services for CRUD operations (SQLModel, FastAPI, Django). Orchestration Systems:
Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, Dagster). Familiarity with Python for Science : Familiarity with data science and ML libraries (pandas, numpy, scipy, jax, pytorch). Domain Background:
Exposure to laboratory software or analytics for life sciences, material sciences, or related fields. Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. A Note to Agencies
Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Sciences internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Lila Sciences, Inc.? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Apply for this job
* indicates a required field First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone * Location (City) Resume/CV * Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Employment Title Select... Start date year End date month Select... End date year Current role Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status)? * If you'll require the company to commence ("sponsor") an immigration or work permit case in order to employ you, either now or at some point in the future, then you should select Yes. Otherwise, select No. Do you currently reside within the continental United States? * Select... Are you able to work in the specified job location, or are you willing to relocate for this position? * Select... Please provide your GitHub username (e.g., 'yourusername' from github.com/yourusername). * We'll use this to invite you to our technical assessment repository How many years of experience do you have writing production-ready code in an industry setting? * Select... #J-18808-Ljbffr