Apply on company website Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA Hybrid Full-time USD 144,000 – 270,000 / year

Lila Sciences is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy backend systems and data workflows that power sophisticated AI applications such as large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and agent-based architectures.
  • Develop high-throughput APIs and microservices to connect AI models with scientific platforms and end-user applications.
  • Create and maintain scalable data pipelines for processing structured, unstructured, and vector-embedded data used in machine learning tasks.
  • Configure and fine-tune SQL, NoSQL, and vector databases to support fast retrieval and low-latency inference in AI systems.
  • Use AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation to develop resilient, production-grade AI infrastructure.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks, improve efficiency in speed and cost, and ensure AI workflows remain stable and fault-tolerant.
  • Collaborate with machine learning researchers, platform engineers, and domain scientists to transition experimental models into scalable production systems.
Job Details
Location Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA
Work mode Hybrid
Employment Full-time
Salary USD 144,000 – 270,000 / year
Department Applied AI
Category Backend
Posted 4 days ago
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Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.
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