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Software Engineer, Platform (Developer Experience) (High Seniority)

Benchling· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$186.6k - $252.5kFull-timePosted 9mo ago

About the role

A technical leadership role focused on enhancing developer experience and tooling within Benchling's platform to enable efficient, high-quality software delivery, supporting the company's biotech innovations.

Responsibilities

  • Build and implement tooling for efficient, frictionless development, testing, and packaging for production release.
  • Lead the design and development of release tooling that enables code changes to reach production within 10 minutes.
  • Iterate on developer experience improvements using qualitative and quantitative feedback.
  • Implement feedback loops that integrate quality into software development workflows.
  • Champion effective engineering and operational patterns across the Engineering org.
  • 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 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Have 5+ years of experience with containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) in production.
  • 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.

Skills

Required:Software EngineeringContainerizationWeb FrameworksProblem Solving

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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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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