Senior Software Engineer, Operations Research

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$180K-$256K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

87% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Early From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Senior Software Engineer, Operations Research Cambridge, MA USA Your Impact at LILA We are a cross-functional team (Software and Robotics) developing orchestration algorithms (instrument scheduling and robot routing) and lab simulation capabilities. We are building the muscles of the lab, which translate the AI brain's ideas into efficient robotic movements. Our work involves building data pipelines to feed the orchestration algorithms. We work with robotics scientists to build and deploy the algorithms on our software platform and ensure they meet scientific constraints. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Operations Research to join our software group and help build the next generation AI-driven scientific platform. In this role, you will design, build, and optimize backend systems and data infrastructure that power orchestration and lab execution. You will focus on developing services, high-performance APIs, databases, and ensuring the reliability of systems that integrate advanced AI frameworks with complex scientific workflows. You'll work closely with robotics researchers, platform engineers, and scientists to develop systems that can handle diverse workloads and scale to demanding throughput. This is an opportunity to apply your engineering expertise to a cutting-edge AI platform with real scientific impact. If you are passionate about building performant and elegant systems, we would love to hear from you. What You'll Be Building - (Fleet) orchestrator, Scheduler, Manufacturing Execution System, data pipelines, and related software systems. - Design & Build APIs: Design and build APIs and backend services that integrate with AI-driven applications, with focus on reliability and performance. - Database Architecture

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