Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, but moving at the new speed of science requires better technology. Benchling's R&D Cloud aims to unlock the power of biotechnology by enabling innovative biotech companies to accelerate the development of breakthrough products and time to market. The Application Platform team is critical to enabling Benchling to expand its footprint into new product areas and support enterprise customer requirements.
Requirements
- Strong coding skills and engineering fundamentals – able to turn product requirements into well-architected, maintainable, and tested code
- Experience building scalable, reliable systems with attention to performance and user impact
- Leadership in engineering practices – drives and upholds high standards in testing, code quality, reviews, version control, and team development workflows
- Proven ability to work across teams – partnering with product, design, and platform groups to ship cohesive solutions
- Strategic problem solving – tackles complex, ambiguous technical challenges with a focus on long-term impact, scalability, and user value
- Comfortable pushing back thoughtfully – advocate for technical solutions that improve quality, scalability, and maintainability
- Experience mentoring others and contributing to team growth – through onboarding, pairing, and process improvement
Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end delivery of large-scale application platform projects, from early-stage ideation with cross-functional partners in Product and Customer Success, to full rollout for end-users — seamlessly integrating with AI driven experiences where they add the most value.
- Engineer across the full tech stack, architect robust admin backend and APIs, and build intuitive admin experiences that scale with our enterprise customers’ evolving needs.
- Ensure high quality and performance of our systems through comprehensive testing & monitoring.
- Collaborate deeply with product managers, designers, and engineering peers to craft thoughtful, high-impact products that truly serve our users.
- Innovate boldly, launch entirely new product experiences from scratch, while also enhancing and refining our platform products to reach full enterprise grade maturity.
- Drive the evolution of our product, platform, and team.
- As a member of the engineering team, you will be an integral part of how we mature our tooling, engineering processes, and hiring the best talent.
Other
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Clear and effective communicator, especially in cross-functional settings
- Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).
- We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences.
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
