Staff Software Engineer, Scientific System of Record

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Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Salary

$144K-$288K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

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

85% 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.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Staff Plus From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Staff Software Engineer, Scientific System of Record Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA Your Impact at LILA We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Scientific System of Record Team and help build the next-generation AI-driven scientific platform. You will focus on developing user interfaces, services, high-performance APIs, databases, and reliable systems that integrate advanced AI frameworks with complex scientific analytics and laboratory workflows. You'll work closely with ML researchers, platform engineers, and scientists to develop systems that can handle diverse workloads and scale seamlessly, including structured SQL databases, data lakehouses, workflow engines, and lab execution environments. This is an opportunity to apply your deep front-end and backend expertise to a cutting-edge AI platform with real scientific impact. If you are passionate about building performant, elegant systems, we would love to hear from you. About The Team The Scientific System of Record Team (SSR) builds the memory layer for Lila's operations. It answers two questions: what did we plan to build? and what actually happened? These systems connect scientific intent to physical reality. Together with the data and automation teams, their systems ensure reproducibility and close the Design-Build-Test-Learn (DBTL) loop. What You'll Be Building - User Interfaces and APIs: Design and build high-performance, secure, and well-documented UIs and APIs that integrate with AI-driven applications. - Database Architecture and Scaling: Develop schemas and manage diverse data systems, including SQL, NoSQL, vector databases, and other emerging technologies, for performance and scalability. - Application Development: Drive implementation of front-end and

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