Benchling

Software Engineer, Platform (Developer Experience)

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2 months ago
Boston, MA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$173k - $234k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build tooling for efficient development, testing, packaging, and production release.
  • Lead the design and development of release tooling that enables code changes to reach production within 10 minutes.
  • Improve developer experience using qualitative and quantitative feedback.
  • Implement feedback loops that integrate quality into software development workflows.
  • Champion effective engineering and operational patterns across the Engineering organization.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve engineering workflows, developer productivity, and developer happiness.
  • Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to improve the software development experience.
  • Help mature tooling, best practices, engineering processes, and hiring as the company scales.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience building and shipping tools and software with a product-first approach.
  • Expertise with at least one web framework, preferably Node or Python.
  • Strong problem-solving and feedback iteration abilities.
  • Interest in learning about life science; prior knowledge is not required.
  • Clear and effective communication skills, especially in cross-functional settings.
  • Ownership mindset, customer empathy, and curiosity about developer challenges.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement with in-office collaboration required three days per week: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
  • Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and inclusion.

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About Benchling

501-1,000 employees

Benchling builds an R&D cloud and AI platform for life sciences, combining electronic lab notebooks, sample/registry management, workflow automation, and developer APIs to run models and integrate data. It sells subscriptions and services to biopharma, biotech, and research organizations; customers include Sanofi and Moderna. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held.

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