Software Engineer Full Stack Developer Productivity

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.

Benchling is on a mission to accelerate the pace of life sciences research and development. To do that we build a suite of tools that scientists use daily to solve humanity's most pressing problems. The tools we build must be optimized to make scientists more efficient in their work across a broad spectrum of research development and manufacturing tasks.

Developer Productivity is a crucial function that empowers our engineers to excel in their craft. You will be pivotal in creating tools and frameworks that enhance developer experience with a focus on frontend development. Your success will enable our engineering teams to efficiently deliver high quality products. By understanding the unique challenges developers face and crafting solutions to streamline their workflows you'll play a key role in driving innovation and fulfilling Benchling’s mission.

• Own features end-to-end from initial design to prototype to large-scale rollout.

• Design implement and extend frontend frameworks and architecture. We build and operate one of the largest richest React applications out there and power complex scientific analyses.

• Build and implement tooling for efficient frictionless development testing and packaging for production release.

• 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.

• You have 3+ years of experience in software engineering.

• Build tools and 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).

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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Benchling welcomes everyone.

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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