Benchling

Software Engineer, Platform (Developer Experience)

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2 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$173k - $234k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build tooling for efficient development, testing, packaging, and production release.
  • Design and develop release tooling intended to enable code changes to reach production within 10 minutes.
  • Use qualitative and quantitative feedback to improve developer experience.
  • 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 address engineering workflow challenges affecting developer productivity and happiness.
  • Partner with product managers, designers, and engineering peers to improve the software development experience.
  • Help scale engineering tooling, best practices, processes, and hiring.

Requirements

  • At least 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.js or Python.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to iterate based on feedback.
  • Interest in ownership and building important product capabilities.
  • Empathy for customers and curiosity about their challenges.
  • Willingness to learn about life science; prior knowledge is not required.
  • Clear and effective communication, especially in cross-functional settings.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement with onsite collaboration expected three days per week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
  • Equal opportunity workplace committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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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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