Software Engineer, AI Platform

About the role

Your Impact at LILA

We’re hiring a Software Engineer to team with our Machine Learning Engineers and Researchers to build software that powers Lila’s ML workflows and research tooling. You will be on a team of software engineers that work alongside machine learning experts to develop, support, and maintain Lila’s ML libraries and tools.

What You’ll Be Building

- Design and build high-performance, secure, and well-documented Machine Learning libraries that implement the algorithms designed by machine learning researchers and engineers.

- CI/CD pipelines and integration tests for ML workflows.

- Architect repository designs to follow consistent standards.

- Support debugging, logging, and maintenance for Ray-based compute environments.

- Data ingestion pipelines linking lab data to ML teams.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

- Minimum of 8 years of experience writing software in a commercial setting in Go or Python.

- Experience implementing scalable software solutions.

- Experience with MLOps systems, GitOps (ArgoCD, Github Actions)

- Familiarity with orchestration frameworks (Ray, Argo, Airflow).

- Proficiency in Containerization, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code tools.

- Acute listening skills and patience to deeply understand complex problems and algorithms.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and team-first mentality.

- Energetic self-starter and independent thinker with strong attention to detail.

- Eager to work with highly skilled and dynamic teams in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and technical setting.

Bonus Points For

- Proficiency with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)

- Research engineering or scientific software experience.

Compensation

We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.

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; flexible time off with generous company wide holidays; paid parental leave; an educational assistance program; commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees; and a company subsidized lunch program.

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; international salaries are set to local market.

Expected Base Salary Range

$144,000—$240,000 USD

About LILA

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.