Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Materials & AI

Lila Sciences, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Educational assistance

Commuter benefits

Lunch program

Job summary

Lila Sciences is hiring a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences. You will embed with customer teams, building tools for data analysis and process optimization, and deploying AI-powered workflows that connect with industrial instruments and data systems.

You will contribute across backend, frontend, and data layers, delivering production code rapidly and collaborating with product and technical leaders across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Domain expertise in chemistry, materials science, or related field.
• Ability to communicate effectively with external partners and internal product and technical leaders.
• Experience with data engineering, ETL pipelines, and working with complex datasets.
• Strong full-stack development skills across backend, frontend, and data layers.

Responsibilities

• Embed within internal and external materials science teams to address customer problems.
• Develop, wrap, and adapt domain-specific tools for data analysis and process optimization.
• Deploy custom agentic workflows that integrate with industrial instruments and data systems.
• Build real-time data pipelines and intuitive interfaces for AI/ML capabilities.

Tools

VASP

Quantum Espresso

TypeScript

React

ERP

MES

SCADA

Full-stack development

Data engineering

ETL pipelines

Chemistry

Materials science

Job description

Lila Sciences is hiring a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences. You will embed with customer teams, building tools for data analysis and process optimization, and deploying AI-powered workflows that connect with industrial instruments and data systems.

You will contribute across backend, frontend, and data layers, delivering production code rapidly and collaborating with product and technical leaders across multiple domains.