# Senior Data Engineer, Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics, Materials at Lila Sciences

- Company: Lila Sciences
- What the company does: LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.lila.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lilasciences/jobs/4377096009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-senior-data-engineer-bioinformatics-cheminformatics-materials/

## About the role

Lila’s mission is to accelerate scientific discovery with AI, and that depends on trustworthy scientific data. As a Data Engineer, you’ll build ETL pipelines and data models for Lila’s scientific data platform, working at the intersection of data engineering, computational biology, chemistry, and materials science.

## What they're looking for

- • 2–6 years of experience in data engineering, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, or computational science. •
- Strong Python skills, including typed, tested, production-quality code
- • Strong SQL skills, especially with Postgres or similar relational databases
- • Experience building ETL pipelines, data models, and reusable data transformations
- • Data science foundation, including statistics and pandas, NumPy, or similar tools
- • Experience translating noisy scientific measurements into accurate, validated datasets

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