Senior Software Engineer, Operations Research

Responsibilities

• Design and build APIs and backend services that integrate with AI-driven applications
• Develop database schemas and manage diverse data systems including SQL, NoSQL, and Vector DBs
• Implement backend services focusing on performance, maintainability, and reliability
• Diagnose and optimize system bottlenecks for high availability and low-latency
• Build and deploy production-grade systems on AWS using Kubernetes
• Collaborate with robotics scientists, platform engineers, and ML teams to integrate data pipelines

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 5–10 years of engineering experience building large-scale backend or data systems
• Experience with distributed software and data systems (Postgres, Flyte, Temporal, NATS/MQTT, FastAPI)
• Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with scientists and product teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing scheduling software or manufacturing execution systems
• Experience with operations research solvers (OR-Tools, HiGHS, Gurobi)
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions
• Familiarity with Python for science (pandas, polars, numpy, scipy, pytorch)
• Exposure to laboratory software or analytics for life sciences or material sciences

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible time off and generous company holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Educational assistance program
• Commuter benefits and company subsidized lunch program

About the Company

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously.