Benchling is looking to unlock the power of biotechnology by providing better technology to the world's most innovative biotech companies, enabling them to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience in a full-time software engineering role, backend or full stack. Ideally in SaaS with platform development experience.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proven ability to iterate on feedback and deliver high-impact solutions.
- Proficiency in backend development, API design, data management. Experience in Web Application development is highly desirable.
- Experience leading & delivering projects from start to finish, independently or as a part of a larger team.
- Enthusiasm for diving into complex technical challenges and a keen interest in the life sciences domain, with a willingness to learn and adapt.
- Experience with data modeling and schema design
- Experience with cloud-based platforms and scalability
Responsibilities
- Lead high-impact projects from design through to deployment and operation.
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers across Platform and Applications teams to translate business needs into effective solutions.
- Collaborate with technical leaders and teammates to contribute to team growth, drive improvements in engineering processes and tools, and foster a culture of excellence.
- Improve the maintainability, consistency, scalability, and developer experience of high-impact internal data modeling APIs.
- Own the evolution of customizable schemas, ensuring optimal handling of data 'at rest' and shaping the data within Schemas to maintain data integrity and optimize the performance of the datastore that backs all data records in the Benchling Data Platform.
- Define best practices for other platform and product teams to ensure modeling consistency, as well as define interfaces to adjacent systems that persist data and generate change events.
- Design, build, and operate platform systems that are fundamental to how Benchling models complex science.
Other
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
- Willing to work out of our SF office 3 days a week.
- Flexible Hybrid Work: We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration.
- 4 months of fully paid parental leave
- 401(k) + Employer Match
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
