Software Engineer, Full Stack (Chemistry)

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

Benchling is expanding into additional modalities including chemistry and has a plan to rapidly bring tools to the chemistry market. This is a major step forward as these capabilities are among the most often requested by our customers and they align with Benchlings work on antibodies and other modalities as well as development.

The chemistry team will build from our existing support for molecules toward a full chemistry solution integrated with our notebook and our core registry product. Benchlings customers interact with our products daily and they trust them with their most important assets. Chemistry is a full-stack team on a mission to accelerate science by creating powerful intuitive tools that support a broad range of scientific workflows. We obsess over quality and data integrity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own projects end-to-end: Drive features from concept to launch translating product requirements and designs into well-scoped plans implementing testing and deploying high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner closely with product managers designers and fellow engineers to build intuitive high-impact features.
• Write clean scalable code: Contribute to both the frontend (React) and backend (Python) maintaining high standards for readability maintainability and performance.
• Improve and refactor: Identify and address technical debt modernize existing systems and ensure the long-term health and scalability of the codebase.
• Ensure quality and reliability: Design and implement robust testing frameworks monitoring and metrics to maintain system stability and performance.
• Champion ownership and accountability: Take pride in delivering end-to-end solutions and continuously improving how we build ship and scale our product.
• Optimize for scalability and performance: Continuously refine architecture and systems to handle growing complexity and demand.
• Embrace ambiguity and domain complexity: Operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving scientific requirements. Rapidly learn new technologies and help the team do the same.
• Act with ownership and accountability: Take responsibility not just for your code but for the outcomes it enables. Push for clarity follow through on commitments and support others in doing the same.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2 years of professional software engineering experience
• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices including writing clean maintainable code testing version control and working within Agile workflows.
• Strong expertise in frontend development (with React or similar frameworks) and backend development (Python). Experience building scalable user-friendly applications that support complex scientific workflows.
• Experience building scalable reliable systems with attention to performance and user impact
• Proven ability to work across teams partnering with product design and platform groups to ship cohesive solutions
• Strategic problem solving tackles complex ambiguous technical challenges with a focus on long-term impact scalability and user value
• Comfortable pushing back thoughtfully advocate for technical solutions that improve quality scalability and maintainability
• Clear and effective communicator especially in cross-functional settings
• Curiosity and adaptability excited to learn about life sciences and work in a fast-changing domain (no prior domain knowledge required though its a huge bonus )

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.

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• 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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