Forward Deployed Engineer — Life Sciences & AI Solutions

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

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Employer-paid life and disability

Flexible time off + holidays

Parental leave

Educational assistance

Commuter benefits

Lunch program

Job summary

Lila Sciences seeks a highly capable Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with customer teams and solve problems across biology, data, and AI domains. You'll ship production features rapidly on our platform, balancing scientific insight with software execution.

Ideal candidates have data engineering, full-stack skills, and a passion for translating customer needs into robust solutions with equity and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• Background in biology or related scientific field required.
• Experience with data engineering and ETL pipelines.
• Strong full-stack development across backend, frontend and data layers.
• Excellent communication with external partners and internal teams.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites for deployments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy domain-specific tools for molecular modeling and data analysis.
• Wrap and adapt tools for integration into LILA workflows.
• Build real-time data pipelines transforming scientific data into insights.
• Create intuitive interfaces for AI/ML capabilities for scientists.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL pipelines

Full-stack dev

Partner communication

Autonomy

Problem solving

Tools

TypeScript

React

Job description

Lila Sciences seeks a highly capable Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with customer teams and solve problems across biology, data, and AI domains. You'll ship production features rapidly on our platform, balancing scientific insight with software execution.

Ideal candidates have data engineering, full-stack skills, and a passion for translating customer needs into robust solutions with equity and strong benefits.