Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Physical Sciences (level Flexible)

Lilasciences

Cambridge, United States
Base: $192,000—$256,000 usd; bonus/equity: bonus p...
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Chemistry and materials science expertise
Industrial manufacturing setting experience
Ai and software platform tools
** Lila Sciences is seeking a talented Forward Deployed Engineer specializing in Physical Sciences to join their team in Cambridge, USA. The role focuses on leveraging AI and software tools to create solutions for biotech and materials science challenges, requiring expertise in chemistry and materials science in an industrial setting. **

Job Summary

  • As an FDE, you'll embed directly with our internal biotech and materials science teams as well as external customers, living their problems and rapidly building solutions that transform their research capabilities.
  • You'll leverage our AI and software platform tools while developing bespoke features that address each customer's unique challenges.
  • This isn't traditional software development—it's high-velocity, AI-fueled, high-impact engineering where you'll ship production code in days, not months.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 75

** Lila Sciences is seeking a talented Forward Deployed Engineer specializing in Physical Sciences to join their team in Cambridge, USA. The role focuses on leveraging AI and software tools to create solutions for biotech and materials science challenges, requiring expertise in chemistry and materials science in an industrial setting. **

Salary

Base: $192,000—$256,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: bonus potential and generous early equity; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • chemistry and materials science expertise
  • industrial manufacturing setting experience
  • AI and software platform tools
  • full-stack development skills
  • data engineering and ETL pipelines
  • customer-facing communication

Nice-to-have

  • customer-facing or consulting experience
  • controls engineering and machine learning depth
  • scientific computing libraries
  • ML/AI implementation and deployment
  • modern web technologies

Key Requirements

  • Domain expertise in chemistry, materials science, or related field
  • Strong full-stack development skills
  • Experience with data engineering, ETL pipelines
  • Willingness to travel to customer sites

Work Rights

Not specified

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