Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences & AI

Lila Sciences; Cambridge, San Francisco (MA, CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Flexible time off and holidays

Paid parental leave

Educational assistance program

Commuter benefits (bike share)

Company lunch program

Job summary

Lila Sciences is seeking an extraordinary Forward Deployed Engineer to join our growing team in Cambridge/ SF. You will embed with biotech and science teams, solve problems rapidly, and deploy solutions on the LILA platform using AI and software tools.

You will build domain-specific tools, real-time data pipelines, and intuitive interfaces, collaborating with product and technical leadership to deliver high-impact results on customer sites.

Qualifications

• Background in biology or related science.
• Experience with data engineering and ETL pipelines.
• Strong full-stack development skills across backend, frontend and data layers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with external partners and internal teams.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites for deployments.

Responsibilities

• Embed within customer biotech teams to understand problems.
• Develop domain-specific tools and data pipelines.
• Deploy AI/ML features on the LILA platform.
• Ship production code in days, not months.
• Collaborate with product and technical leaders across teams.

Skills

Biology background

Data engineering

Full-stack development

Customer communication

Problem solving

Product discovery

Willing to travel

Education

Degree in biology or related scientific field

Tools

NumPy

Pandas

SciPy

RDKit

TypeScript

React

ERP/SCADA data systems

Job description

Lila Sciences is seeking an extraordinary Forward Deployed Engineer to join our growing team in Cambridge/ SF. You will embed with biotech and science teams, solve problems rapidly, and deploy solutions on the LILA platform using AI and software tools.

You will build domain-specific tools, real-time data pipelines, and intuitive interfaces, collaborating with product and technical leadership to deliver high-impact results on customer sites.