Lila Sciences

Senior Software Engineer II, Enterprise Platform

San Francisco, CA USA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$256kDetected 11 days ago

PythonFastAPIBackend DevelopmentAWSKubernetesAPI DevelopmentRESTOAuthOpenAPIComplianceRecruitingOnboardingHIPAABioinformaticsGxP

About the role

The systems built in this role will determine how large organizations safely adopt, govern, and scale AI-driven scientific workflows across teams, data domains, and regulatory environments.
Ship SDKs and define the tool/function interfaces agents call. - MCP & Agent Integration.
You write clear errors and think about backward compatibility. - Ship working code regularly.

Lila Sciences is building the infrastructure for autonomous science - AI systems that design experiments, run them in physical labs, and close the loop across life sciences, chemistry, and materials science.
Build secure tenant isolation, authentication, authorization, and audit across customer organizations.
Implement the access boundaries and isolation guarantees that enterprise and regulated (e.g. GxP, FedRAMP) deployments require.
Build resilient backend services in Python/FastAPI.
Own schema design for multi-tenant data, tenant-aware query patterns, and operational correctness in a regulated environment.
Public & Agent-Facing APIs. Own and evolve Lila's public APIs (REST, streaming, async) designed for both human developers and autonomous agents as first-class consumers. Ship SDKs and define the tool/function interfaces agents call.
MCP & Agent Integration. Build the integration paths that connect MCPs, agents, and data into the platform.
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges.
Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.

We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.
International Benefits. Full-time employees outside the U.S. receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions
Expected Base Salary Range
$180,000 - $256,000 USD
USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market.

U.S. Benefits.
Full-time U.S. employees receive a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage
employer-paid life and disability insurance

Our platform enables this to operate reliably at scale for external customers who require security, auditability, and operational rigor.
Tenant Self-Serve & Lifecycle. Build the services behind tenant provisioning, self-serve administration, and the customer onboarding lifecycle. Support billing, pricing, and metering surfaces for enterprise customers.

al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status

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