Lila Sciences
Staff Engineer, Data Platform
$192K–$288K
Cambridge, MA USA +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
San Francisco, CA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 8+ years as a software or data engineer focused on building and operating data infrastructure.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Sets technical direction and builds core data infrastructure for scientific discovery and machine-learning workflows, leading architecture, reliability, standards, and engineering mentorship.
What you'll do
- Design and evolve data infrastructure, including ingestion, storage, orchestration, and data models.
- Build and operate reliable pipelines and integrations for laboratory, public scientific, and research-literature data.
- Lead cross-functional technical decisions, establish engineering standards, and mentor data platform engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years as a software or data engineer focused on building and operating data infrastructure.
- Fluency in Python and SQL; experience building data platform components and operating relational and NoSQL databases at scale.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized deployment (AWS, Kubernetes), and modern table formats and open lakehouse patterns (Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi).
Nice to have
- Experience with workflow orchestration systems (Flyte, Airflow, Dagster, or similar).
- Experience with agentic and LLM-driven data infrastructure, scientific computing, life sciences, research software, or AI-assisted development tools.
Pay
$192,000 — $288,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, AWS, Kubernetes, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi, Flyte
AI focus
Build data infrastructure for scientific and ML workflows; preferred experience includes agentic and LLM-driven workflows, vector databases, RAG infrastructure, retrieval-optimized data access, and AI-assisted development tools.
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