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Product Designer, Bioprocess

Benchling· Product Design
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$170k - $230kfull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Designs user experiences for Benchling’s Process Development product, enabling scientists to scale recipe design, experiment planning, batch execution, and analysis, supporting the biotech revolution.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Product Management and Engineering teams to define product strategy, scope, and prioritization in a startup-like environment
  • Own the design for high-impact initiatives from research, concepts, wireframing, mockups, through to implementation
  • Design and prototype multiple ideas quickly to validate product directions
  • Conduct user research / interviews to inform product direction, interactive improvements to increase usability
  • Use and contribute to evolving Design systems by collaborating with other Designers to identify gaps, and design components that have high utility across the entire product
  • Clearly communicate design rationale to cross-functional teams, and Product and Design leadership
  • Effectively communicate in a hybrid environment that balances in-person collaboration and remote work

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience driving the design of software products, ideally SaaS, while maintaining a relentless focus on the user
  • A strong portfolio of relevant design work that conveys an ability to ship successful products
  • A track record of working with and simplifying complex product architectures or workflows
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain the reasoning behind complex decisions
  • Experience contributing to a design system for complex software products
  • Experience working with Product Management, Engineers, and fellow Designers in an agile environment
  • Background with lab work, scientific process, or healthcare (preferred but not required)

Skills

Required:User Experience DesignPrototypingUser ResearchCommunication
Nice to have:Design Systems

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 home office stipend for remote employees
  • Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and 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 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D | Benchling

Benchling is a cloud-based platform for biotechnology research and development and the only biology-first platform for scientific data, collaboration, and insights.

BioresearchBioprocessIn VivoConnectGene therapyCell therapyAntibodies and proteinsRNA therapeutics
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