Software Engineer Platform

Benchling is building an AI platform for biotech R&D, aiming to accelerate scientific discovery through structured data and AI integration. The company is seeking a technical leader to enhance developer experience and infrastructure, enabling efficient product delivery and innovation.

Location: Remote (US)

Salary: $176k–$265k

Responsibilities

• Build and implement tooling for efficient, frictionless development, testing, and packaging for production release.
• Lead the design and development of release tooling that enables code changes to reach production within 10 minutes.
• Iterate on developer experience improvements using qualitative and quantitative feedback.
• Implement feedback loops that integrate quality into software development workflows.
• Champion effective engineering and operational patterns across the Engineering org.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address challenges in engineering workflows that impact developer happiness and productivity.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and peers in engineering to make Benchling a delightful place to develop software.
• Help rapidly scale our product and team. As a member of the engineering team, you'll be an integral part of how we mature our tooling, best practices, engineering processes, and hiring.

Requirements

• Have 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Have 5+ years of experience with containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) in production.
• Build software with a product-first approach. You ship code quickly and care about the real world impact of your code.
• Expertise with at least one web framework, preferably node or python.
• Have strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback.
• Enjoy ownership and building key pieces of product.
• Have empathy for your customers and curiosity about their challenges.
• Are interested in learning more about life science (prior knowledge is not required; desire to learn is a must).
• Clear and effective communicator, especially in cross-functional settings.