Senior Software Engineer, Data
Core
Build and support the data systems underpinning Lila's AI Science Factory, enabling real-time ingestion, large-scale storage, and workflow orchestration for automated scientific analysis.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Data Platform)
Builds
High-performance APIs, scalable database schemas, and cloud infrastructure for scientific data pipelines.
Domain
AI-driven scientific research (life sciences, materials, energy)
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Backend system design, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, SQL/NoSQL, Vector DBs, ORMs (SQLAlchemy/SQLModel), Orchestration (Airflow/Prefect/Dagster), Python, React/TypeScript
Preferred skills
Python for science (pandas/numpy/scipy/jax/pytorch), laboratory software domain knowledge, robotics/hardware integration
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, FastAPI, Django, React, TypeScript, Nx, TailWind, Pydantic, Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, Dagster, SQL, NoSQL, Vector DBs
Responsibilities
Design and build high-performance, secure APIs; develop schemas and manage diverse data systems; diagnose and optimize system bottlenecks; leverage cloud services and DevOps practices to deploy production-grade systems; collaborate with ML researchers and scientists to integrate data pipelines.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC