Benchling

Software Engineer, Backend (Release Engineering)

Benchling$120K — $160K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Product-first mindset with a focus on real-world impact
  • Proficiency in at least one web framework (Node or Python preferred)
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to iterate on feedback
  • Desire for ownership in product development
  • Empathy for customers and curiosity about their challenges
  • Interest in learning about life sciences

Responsibilities

  • Build and implement tools for frictionless development and production release
  • Iterate on developer experience using feedback
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve engineering workflows
  • Enhance the software development experience at Benchling
  • Contribute to scaling the product and team, including tooling and best practices

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement with in-office collaboration
  • Expected in-office presence 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
Full Job Description
ROLE OVERVIEW

Release Engineering is a crucial function that empowers our engineers to excel in their craft. You will be pivotal in creating tools and frameworks that enable engineers to ship changes to Benchling's customers. Your success will enable our engineering teams to efficiently deliver high quality products. By understanding the unique challenges developers face and crafting solutions to streamline their workflows, you'll play a key role in driving innovation and fulfilling Benchling's mission.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Build and implement tooling for efficient, frictionless development, testing, and packaging for production release.
  • Iterate on developer experience improvements using qualitative and quantitative feedback.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address challenges in engineering workflows that impact developer happiness and productivity.
  • Work closely with product managers, designers, and peers in engineering to make Benchling a delightful place to develop software.
  • Help rapidly scale our product and team. As a member of the engineering team, you'll be an integral part of how we mature our tooling, best practices, engineering processes, and hiring.


QUALIFICATIONS
  • 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Build software with a product-first approach. You ship code quickly and care about the real world impact of your code.
  • Expertise with at least one web framework, preferably node or python.
  • Have strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback.
  • Enjoy ownership and building key pieces of product.
  • Have empathy for your customers and curiosity about their challenges.
  • Are interested in learning more about life science (prior knowledge is not required; desire to learn is a must).


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).

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About Benchling

Benchling is a cloud-based informatics platform that accelerates life sciences R&D by streamlining workflows and centralizing data. The platform offers a suite of applications for molecular biology, including DNA design, antibody design, CRISPR analysis, and protein expression. Benchling's customers include pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, and academic institutions. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Benchling
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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