AI Frontier · AI scientific discovery
Currently tracking 38 active AI roles, down 40% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $128k–$500k (avg $253k).
Lila Sciences currently has 53 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are in the agents stage, accounting for 43% of the openings. Engineering is the top function for hiring, followed by Research. The company is primarily hiring in the United States. Frequently tagged technologies include agent orchestration, model serving, and evals, suggesting a focus on agent-based AI systems and their deployment. Over the last 30 days, Lila Sciences has posted 12 new AI roles, representing a 25% decrease compared to the previous 30-day period.
Lila Sciences currently has 50 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: AI Residency Program, Material Science (2026 Cohort), Co-Op, AI Security, Co-Op, Automation, Co-Op, Autonomous SEM, Co-Op, Data Extraction. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Lila Sciences's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (44%), post-training (20%), data (20%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Lila Sciences is hiring AI talent in: United States (50 roles).
Job postings at Lila Sciences most frequently mention: Materials Science, Biotech, Machine Learning, Python, Software Engineering.
In the past 30 days, Lila Sciences has posted 10 new AI-related roles. That is a -37% change versus the prior 30 days (16 → 10).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Principal, Machine Learning Engineer Principal ML Engineer at Lila Sciences, focusing on building and scaling ML infrastructure for generative models in medicine. The role involves owning end-to-end systems from training pipelines and distributed compute to model deployment and integration into a closed-loop discovery engine. Key responsibilities include designing and optimizing large-scale training pipelines, owning production ML systems, architecting ML infrastructure, driving the "Lab-in-the-Loop" lifecycle, and defining ML engineering standards. The role requires deep expertise in distributed training, production ML systems, and strong software engineering fundamentals, with a focus on generative models for biological data. | DataServe | 9 |
| Director, Data Platform Engineering Director of Data Platform Engineering to lead a team responsible for Lila's product data platform, owning the end-to-end architecture, delivery, reliability, and developer/data scientist experience. The platform supports analytical and ML workloads, including AI inference workflows. The role involves team leadership, technical strategy, stakeholder management, and driving innovative solutions for data interfaces, exploration, query, analytics, and ML/inference at scale. |
| DataServe |
| 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, ML Research Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain ML libraries, tools, and research infrastructure, focusing on performance, security, and MLOps. The role involves designing libraries, CI/CD pipelines, and supporting compute environments, with a strong emphasis on software engineering best practices within an ML research context. | Data | 7 |
| Scientist, Epitaxial Thin Film Synthesis The Scientist, Epitaxial Thin Film Synthesis will lead the synthesis of high-quality epitaxial thin films for novel quantum materials. This role involves designing growth and characterization protocols for an autonomous science platform, partnering with ML scientists, and contributing to predictive material design. The scientist will grow and analyze thin films, design and measure electronic transport devices, and maintain equipment. | Data | 5 |
| Staff Engineer, Data Platform Staff Engineer to set technical direction for core data infrastructure (ingestion, storage, orchestration, interfaces) supporting scientific discovery and ML research. Role involves designing and evolving data platform architecture, building reliable pipelines, ensuring observability, defining data models, and providing technical leadership and mentorship. | Data | 5 |
| Principal Software Engineer, Data Principal Software Engineer with backend experience to join the Data Platform Team. This role will collaborate with software engineers, lab scientists, and machine learning engineers to build cutting-edge tools for automated scientific analysis. The team builds and supports the data systems that underpin Lila's AI Science Factory™, handling real-time ingestion, large-scale analytical storage, workflow orchestration, and self-service tools for scientists, engineers, and ML teams. | Data | 5 |
| Scientist II/Senior Characterization Scientist, Condensed Matter The role focuses on developing and implementing advanced characterization workflows for magnetic and superconducting materials, integrating experimental science, robotics, and AI to guide materials discovery within an autonomous science platform. The scientist will design and execute high-throughput experiments, analyze data, and collaborate with ML scientists to build scalable workflows. | Data | 5 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Data Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform Team building and supporting data systems for an AI Science Factory. The role involves designing and building APIs, database architecture, optimizing performance, and leveraging cloud infrastructure. Collaboration with ML researchers and scientists is key. | Data | 5 |