Lila Sciences
Principal Software Engineer, App
$204K–$348K
Cambridge, MA USA +3 · Principal · Full-time · Posted May 21, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
San Francisco, CA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 8-15 years of engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Design and build the application interfaces, APIs, data systems, and cloud infrastructure that help scientists collaborate with AI across research workflows.
What you'll do
- Build secure, high-performance UI, APIs, and front- and back-end services.
- Design and scale database systems; optimize performance, reliability, and availability.
- Collaborate with scientists and ML teams to integrate data pipelines, APIs, and infrastructure into scientific workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8-15 years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale production systems; strong in either front-end or back-end.
- Full-stack web development experience, including React, TypeScript, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, and Pydantic.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI agents, graph-based workflows, MCP, RAG pipelines, or LLM orchestration frameworks.
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, scientific Python libraries, orchestration systems, or laboratory software and devices.
Pay
$204,000 — $348,000 USD base salary
Tools
React, TypeScript, Nx, TailWind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic
AI focus
Build application interfaces, agents, and platform integrations for scientists collaborating with AI; AI coding assistant experience is required.
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