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Senior II/ Staff Software Engineer, Platform Operations

Lila Sciences· Software
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San Francisco, CA$180k - $288kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior II/Staff Software Engineer focused on designing, building, and operating software applications, services, and systems that support Lila’s product and delivery platforms. Works close to infrastructure, reliability, CI/CD, and cloud systems to improve delivery speed, quality, and operability of platform operations.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build production applications, services, and internal tools for Platform Operations.
  • Develop backend services, APIs, automation systems, and workflow integrations.
  • Use agentic coding tools to accelerate delivery while improving code quality and test coverage.
  • Build deployment and release workflows that make software delivery faster and safer.
  • Improve reliability, observability, and operational readiness across software systems.
  • Partner with infrastructure and platform teams on Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, and security.
  • Create developer-friendly tooling that helps engineering teams ship and operate services.
  • Debug complex issues across application code, infrastructure, and production environments.
  • Apply sound software design practices to systems that need to scale and evolve.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building production applications, services, or systems.
  • Strong backend development skills in Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar languages.
  • Experience designing APIs, services, automation workflows, and internal developer tools.
  • Practical experience using agentic coding tools to improve engineering quality and output.
  • Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and deployment systems.
  • Strong debugging skills across application code, distributed systems, and production environments.
  • Ability to design maintainable systems with clear interfaces, observability, and secure defaults.
  • Strong communication skills and a track record of cross-functional engineering collaboration.

Skills

Required:Backend developmentAPI designCloud / DevOpsAgentic tooling

Benefits

  • Full-time U.S. benefits including medical, dental, and vision; employer-paid life and disability; flexible time off; company holidays; parental leave; educational assistance; commuter benefits; subsidized lunch program.
  • International benefits tailored to region.
  • USD salary ranges apply to U.S.-based positions; international salaries set to local market.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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