Lila Sciences
Senior Software Engineer, App
$144K–$240K
Cambridge, MA USA +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 26, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
San Francisco, CA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 5-8+ years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale systems in production.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Build and scale the application interfaces, APIs, and infrastructure that connect AI systems with scientific research workflows.
What you'll do
- Design and build secure, high-performance UI and APIs, and develop scalable database architectures.
- Implement and optimize frontend and backend services for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Deploy production systems using cloud infrastructure and collaborate with scientists and ML teams to integrate scientific workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5-8+ years of engineering experience building and deploying large-scale production systems; strong backend skills.
- Full-stack web application experience with the listed technologies and frameworks.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants; cross-functional communication and ownership of complex backend challenges.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI agents, graph-based workflows, MCP, RAG pipelines, or LLM orchestration.
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, scientific Python/ML libraries, orchestration systems, or laboratory software, devices, robotics, or hardware drivers.
Pay
$144,000 — $240,000 USD base salary
Tools
React, TypeScript, Nx, TailWind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic
AI focus
Build AI-integrated scientific applications and workflows; hands-on use of AI coding assistants is required. AI agents, RAG, and LLM orchestration are preferred experience areas.
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