Application Security Engineer

We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era.
When a breakthrough is delayed the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients or a crop from lab to field involves thousands of slow manual disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done.
Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments capture structured data and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work from academic labs to Sanofi Moderna and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma.
We’re building an AI scientist for our customers. We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools platforms or workflows you use today.

As an Application Security Engineer at Benchling you’ll be joining a team responsible for maintaining a best-in-class security program. Our focus is on providing value to the organization by emphasizing real world security and embracing automation. We’re looking for engineers who are excited to apply their expertise to our mission of securing some of society's most sensitive data.

• Building and integrating external and internal security tools and automation into development and build environments.

• Developing lightweight processes to embed security in the SDLC workflow.

• Collaborating with engineers on the best ways to mitigate vulnerabilities and reduce risk.

• Performing code reviews of our services and apps.

• Partnering with both the Product Design and Software Engineering organization's security and privacy initiatives leading security design reviews and threat modeling.

• Participating in our incident response and vulnerability remediation efforts.

• Developing secure coding and design practices and training engineering teams.

• Performing black-box and gray-box penetration testing of our applications and services.

• 2+ years work experience in an application security or product security role including experience with secure code reviews threat modeling pentesting application security tooling and automation.

• Strong communicator with the ability to translate technical security requirements and risks into terms that anyone can understand.

• Experience finding AND fixing web application security vulnerabilities including those found in the OWASP Top 10 and CWE Top 25.

• Experience with at least one scripting language preferably Python

• Knowledge of the browser security model modern network security AI and cloud (AWS ideally) security is a plus.

• Experience with vulnerability management and risk assessment processes is a plus.

We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration. Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday Tuesday and Thursday).

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We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities backgrounds and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we don’t discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with applicable federal state and local law including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

What We Do

Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it from the medicines we take to the crops we grow and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology. Benchling’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world’s most innovative biotech companies use Benchling’s R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products. Help us bring modern software to modern science. We’re on Team Science We believe in the promise of science and the teamwork required to fulfill that promise. Whether your background is in science engineering business or another field you’re on Team Science if you believe in the power of science to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

Why Work With Us

Everyday at Benchling you’re surrounded by talented people who are really excited about the work they’re doing and the impact they’re having. It’s truly uplifting to work on a product that you can believe in and to work alongside colleagues who are energized by the shared vision of a future with less disease and greater sustainability.

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