Lila Sciences
Senior Software Engineer, Operations Research
$180K–$256K
Cambridge, MA USA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 26, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA - Experience
- 5–10 years of engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Build and optimize backend systems, data infrastructure, and orchestration software for an AI-driven scientific platform and robotic laboratory workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop APIs, backend services, databases, and data pipelines for orchestration and lab execution.
- Deploy and optimize reliable, high-performance systems on AWS using Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices.
- Collaborate with robotics researchers, platform engineers, scientists, and ML teams to integrate systems into scientific workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience building and deploying large-scale backend or data systems in production.
- Experience developing distributed software and data systems; the posting names Postgres, Flyte, Temporal, NATS/MQTT, and FastAPI.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants to drive productivity.
Nice to have
- Experience developing scheduling software or manufacturing execution systems; operations research solvers such as OR-Tools, HiGHS, or Gurobi.
- AWS, Kubernetes, containerization, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, Python science/ML libraries, or laboratory software exposure.
Pay
$180,000 — $256,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Postgres, Flyte, Temporal, NATS/MQTT, FastAPI, AWS, Kubernetes, OR-Tools
AI focus
Build backend systems and data infrastructure that integrate AI frameworks with orchestration and scientific workflows; use AI coding assistants to improve productivity.
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