Software Engineer, Backend (Developer Platform)

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 our mission is to empower scientists to accelerate discoveries that change the world. As a Software Engineer on the Developer Platform team youll play a pivotal role in building the platform that enables our ecosystem of scientific applications. You wont just write code youll help shape how developers partners and scientists interact with Benchlings products allowing them to create tools that directly support groundbreaking research. Your work will impact the way science gets done driving innovation and enabling seamless integration of third-party solutions across the platform.

The team is working on a wide range of early- and mid-stage initiativesincluding developer APIs event delivery AI-powered agents and new platform infrastructure designed to support a growing ecosystem of scientific applications. Because of the diversity of our work engineers have the flexibility to take on projects that align with both business needs and their own interests and skills. This role was envisioned as a Developer Platform Engineer reflecting the breadth of opportunities to contribute across our developer-facing systems.

This is a hands-on high-impact role where your contributions will be visible across the company and to our scientific users worldwide. Youll collaborate with product managers designers and engineers tackling complex challenges while growing your expertise in platform development and life sciences.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take ownership of projects from ideation to delivery including prototyping building and scaling new software features.
• Design and implement robust APIs services and interfaces that integrate seamlessly with our growing ecosystem.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate user needs into scalable elegant software solutions.
• Influence the direction of our platform by bringing creative solutions and new ideas to the table.

Developer Interfaces & Platform APIs

Check out ourengineering blog for some examples of past work across Benchling.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficiency in modern web technologies: backend languages like Python Ruby Java or Go and frontend frameworks like TypeScript React or GraphQL.
• Product-oriented mindset: you ship code quickly and care about the tangible impact of your work.
  Strong problem-solving skills and comfort iterating based on feedback.
• Ownership mindset: you thrive when building and improving core components of a product.
• Passion for learning about life sciences and applying that knowledge to improve the tools scientists rely on.
• Enjoy collaborating with a team that values curiosity experimentation and making an impact.

WHY THIS ROLE IS EXCITING

• Youll work on mission-critical extensibility features used by external customers and partners.
• Youll help shape how developers build on top of Benchling including support for AI custom code and LIMS integrations.
• Youll get to work across a wide surface area of Benchlings platform APIs events apps and more with increasing ownership.
• Youll collaborate with product infra and AI teams on forward-looking projects that define the future of biotech R&D platforms.

HOW WE WORK

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).

SALARY RANGE

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidates 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$141104 to $190906.

To help you determine which zone applies to your location please see thisresource. If you have questions regarding a specific locations zone designation please contact a recruiter for additional information.

• Competitive total rewards package
• Broad range of medical dental and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) Employer Match
• Commuter benefits for in-office 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
• Company-wide Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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