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Software Engineer, Backend (Developer Tooling)

Benchling· Engineering
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San Francisco$165.1k - $223.4kfull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

A backend software engineer focusing on developer productivity, creating tools and frameworks to enhance engineering workflows and developer experience.

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

  • Have 5+ 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.
  • Experience working with containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, etc).
  • 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).
  • Willing to work onsite in our SF office 3 days a week.

Skills

Required:Software engineeringWeb frameworksProblem solving
Nice to have:Containerized applications

Benefits

  • 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
Last updated Jan 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Benchling is a cloud-based platform for biotechnology research and development and the only biology-first platform for scientific data, collaboration, and insights.

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