Software Engineer, Data Platform (CDC & Search) (Seniority)

Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it from the medicines we take to the crops we grow the materials we wear and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology.

Benchlings mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The worlds most innovative biotech companies use Benchlings R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market.

Come help us bring modern software to modern science.

ROLE OVERVIEW

At Benchling were tackling some of the most complex problems in life sciences R&Dand that takes engineers who thrive on solving highimpact systemslevel a Data Platform engineer youll build the next generation of infrastructure that powers realtime scientific discovery. Youll architect multitenant pipelines develop change data capture (CDC) systems and design scalable privacyaware solutions that enable our customersscientists and researchersto move faster and is a rare opportunity to do deep engineering work with a clear line of sight to realworld health outcomes.

Theres a lot of software where you dont know if it helps the world. Here the mission and the moment are alignedyou know your work matters.

Whether youre building tools that help accelerate vaccine development or scaling infrastructure for biotech R&D your work here matters.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own core systems endtoendfrom design and prototyping to deployment and scale.
• Build realtime data infrastructure (CDC pipelines search indexing and more) that powers customer analytics and platform extensibility.
• Design CI/CD workflows and internal tooling that make our platform easy to operate secure and maintain.
• Collaborate with product managers platform architects and internal developers to define a shared vision for data at Benchling.
• Set standards for data integrity privacy and reliability across internal and customerfacing systems.
• Champion platform engineering best practices and influence how Benchling teams interact with data at scale.

QUALIFICATIONS

• You bring 6 years of engineering experience including 3 years with distributed data processing frameworks (e.g. Kafka Debezium Spark Flink).
• Youre handson with infrastructure tooling like Kubernetes Terraform or ECS and scripting in Python or similar.
• You value clean abstractions and solving root problemsnot just shipping workarounds.
• Youre a clear communicator both in code and in writing and bring a collaborative spirit to technical planning.
• You may not have a background in biologyand thats okay. Many of our best engineers come from FinTech infrastructure or consumer tech. What matters most is curiosity and a willingness to learn.
• You want to build for deeply technical usersscientists with PhDs doing lifechanging work.
  You value autonomy iterate instead of overplanning and seek impact over optics.

I wasnt building the vaccinebut I was building the tools that helped the people who did. Naomi Software Engineer

Benchling has a data variety problem not just a data scale problemwhich makes the technical work both chaotic and incredibly fun. Abhi Software Engineer

Why Benchling

Engineers join us for the technical challengesand stay for the mission and culture.

• A collaborative environment where team members are generous with their time and ideas
• Real ownership and respect for the IC trackyour impact isnt defined by whether you manage people
• A platform that combines deep scientific domain complexity with bestinclass engineering practices
• Flexible architecture and iterative development not rigid yearlong roadmaps
• And most importantly:

This is the most missionaligned technically interesting place Ive workedand the people are genuinely here to help each other succeed.

HOW WE WORK

Flexible Hybrid Work: We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes inoffice collaboration. Employees are expected to be onsite 3 days per week.

SALARY RANGE

Benchling takes a marketbased approach to pay. The candidates starting pay will be determined based on jobrelated skills experience qualifications interview performance and work location. For this role the base salary range is $$252488.

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• Competitive total rewards package
• Broad range of medical dental and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and familyforming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) Employer Match
• Commuter benefits for inoffice employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
• Mental health benefits including therapy and coaching for employees and their dependents
• Monthly Wellness stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous and flexible vacation
• Companywide Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5year and 10year anniversaries

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Benchling welcomes everyone.

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