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Lila Sciences Salary

Lila Sciences Salary

Lila Sciences pays a median of $201K ($163K–$240K) across 97 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $163K–$240K salary range

Median: $201K  ·  Based on 97 public Lila Sciences job postings  ·  Updated October 23, 2026


This Lila Sciences salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Lila Sciences · pay benchmark · updated October 23, 2026
$201K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$163K–$240K
Typical range
$500K view JD
Highest base · Head of Software Product
97
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+22
49 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 99% of roles mention equity · options
Management pay by function
Corporate Development
$220K (5)
Autonomous Science Platform
$143K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
ai
$240K · $384K top (15)
software
$240K · $390K top (17)
corporate development
$218K · $500K top (21)
business operations
$196K · $374K top (6)
physical intelligence
$192K · $272K top (9)
autonomous science platform
$149K · $346K top (25)
Highest-paying skills
Embeddings $313KLLMs $255KRAG $255KMachine Learning $240KAWS $240KGCP $240KKubernetes $240KFastAPI $240K

Highest-paying open roles at Lila Sciences

Lila Sciences salary by department

  • ai: $240K median · $384K top base — Senior / Principal ML Scientist, Foundation Models for Life Sciences (view JD) (15 roles)
  • software: $240K median · $390K top base — Senior Director, Data Platform Engineering (view JD) (17 roles)
  • corporate development: $218K median · $500K top base — Head of Software Product (view JD) (21 roles)
  • business operations: $196K median · $374K top base — Principal Engineer, AI Security (view JD) (6 roles)
  • physical intelligence: $192K median · $272K top base — Principal Software Engineer, Instrument Simulations (view JD) (9 roles)
  • autonomous science platform: $149K median · $346K top base — Senior Director / Vice President, Chemistry Experiment (view JD) (25 roles)

Lila Sciences salary by location

  • San Francisco: $257K median · $390K top base — Senior Director, Data Platform Engineering (view JD) (15 roles)

Remote work at Lila Sciences

13% of Lila Sciences's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Lila Sciences looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (33) · AWS (11) · Kubernetes (10) · CI/CD (9) · PyTorch (8) · TypeScript (8) · React (8) · FastAPI (8) · SQL (8) · Product Roadmap (6).

Benefits & perks at Lila Sciences

Commonly listed: dental (95) · vision (95) · commuter (95) · parental (95).

About Lila Sciences

Lila Sciences is Series A stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2023 · HQ Cambridge, Massachusetts. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Lila Sciences

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 37 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master's and Associate's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 99% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Lila Sciences total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 99% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Lila Sciences hiring activity

Lila Sciences has 97 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 97 public job postings with disclosed pay. 22 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (49 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 5 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Lila Sciences pay?
The median pay is $201K, with a typical range of $163K–$240K, based on 97 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Lila Sciences?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Software Product, at $400K–$500K base.

Which team pays the most at Lila Sciences?
The ai team, at a $240K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 97 public Lila Sciences job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 23, 2026.

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