Software Engineer: Backend (Search):

The Search team owns and operates the search infrastructure and UX for discovery of data in Benchling. We recently rolled out Elasticsearch as our search infra (see the engineering blog). In addition to document searches, the team also supports advanced chemical and biological searches. We are looking for a senior engineer to join our team to work closely with the product teams to deliver search driven capabilities to our customers.

• Build and operate the end-to-end platform for search and discovery at Benchling
• Support end-to-end availability, reliability and performance of our Search systems. 
• Contribute to algorithms and infrastructure for scientific searches
• Optimize and scale our change data capture and indexing pipelines
• Improve search coverage, and reduce implementation time for new features for applications teams

• Have 7+ years of experience or a proven track record in software engineering
• 2 years of working with Elasticsearch is strongly desired
• Multiple years of building search and related platforms
• You ship code quickly and care about the real world impact of your code
• Have strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback
• Comfortable with complexity in the short term but can build towards simplicity in the long term
• Strong communicator with both words and data - you understand what it takes to go from raw data to something a human understands
• Willing to work onsite in our SF office 3 days a week. 
• Are interested in learning more about life science (prior knowledge is not required; desire to learn is a must)

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay.  The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $177,735 to $240,465. 

To help you determine which zone applies to your location, please see this resource. If you have questions regarding a specific location's zone designation, please contact a recruiter for additional information.

Total Compensation includes the following:

• Competitive salary and equity
• 100% premiums covered for health, dental, and vision for employees
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Commuter benefits
• Home office stipend
• Mental health benefits + Wellness stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous and flexible vacation
• Company-wide Summer & Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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