Senior Software Engineer II, Enterprise Platform
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Lila Sciences's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Lila Sciences's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Lila Sciences
- high 116 stale, 2 reposted of 118 open
- Hiring momentum
- 155 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Lila Sciences's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Lila Sciences.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer II at Lila Sciences, you will be responsible for developing critical systems that support enterprise lifecycle management and the developer ecosystem. Your work will involve building secure multi-tenancy and authorization features, creating public APIs, and integrating various components to enhance the platform's functionality for both internal scientists and external developers. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment where you own outcomes and regularly ship working code.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Lila Sciences as an employer.
What you need
- 7+ years of backend software engineering experience
- Experience in APIs, backend services, or platform infrastructure
- Strong expertise in API design and versioning, multi-tenancy, authentication/authorization, or backend services at scale
- Proficiency in Python (e.g. FastAPI), Kubernetes, AWS, and databases
- Ability to write clear errors and consider backward compatibility in API design
- Experience debugging production issues and owning systems end-to-end
Nice to have
- Experience building or maintaining multi-tenant SaaS platforms with audit, compliance, or isolation requirements
- Familiarity with scientific or laboratory data platforms
- Experience shipping public developer platforms, APIs, or SDKs
- Knowledge of MCP, OpenAPI, or OIDC/OAuth 2.0
- Experience with tenant isolation patterns
What you get
- Competitive base compensation with bonus potential
- Generous early-stage equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- Flexible time off with generous company-wide holidays
- Paid parental leave
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of a modern tech stack beyond Python and AWS
- Fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
- Role requires comfort with ambiguity and ownership of outcomes
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Listed by Lila Sciences on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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