Lila Sciences
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences
$192K–$256K
Cambridge, MA USA +2 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2025
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
San Francisco, CA USA
One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA
About the job
Embeds with biotech and science teams to build and deploy custom AI-enabled software, scientific workflows, and data solutions on the Lila platform.
What you'll do
- Develop and adapt domain-specific scientific tools and agentic workflows integrated with instruments and business data systems.
- Build real-time data pipelines and interfaces that make scientific data and AI/ML capabilities useful to scientists.
- Work with customers and internal teams to identify problems, develop solutions, and communicate requirements to product teams.
What they ask for
- Background in biology, molecular science, or a related scientific field.
- Experience with data engineering, ETL pipelines, and complex datasets.
- Strong full-stack development skills across backend, frontend, and data layers.
- Effective communication with partners and internal teams; willingness to travel to customer sites.
Nice to have
- Previous customer-facing or consulting experience; depth in controls engineering and machine learning.
- Experience with scientific computing libraries, ML/AI implementation and deployment, or modern web technologies.
Pay
$192,000 — $256,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
PLCs, ERP, MES, SCADA, NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, RDKit
AI focus
Deploy agentic scientific workflows and build interfaces for AI/ML capabilities; use AI and software platform tools to deliver scientific solutions.
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