Full Stack Software Engineer, Benchling
Application Platform, High Seniority
$186.6-252.5k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
Job no longer available
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$186.6-252.5k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unlock the power of biotechnology.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 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
- Clear and effective communicator, especially in cross-functional settings
- IAM experience is not a requirement
What the job involves
- This role is an opportunity to join App Core & IAM, a foundational Platform team at Benchling
- This team is responsible for the core functionality that controls how users authenticate with our product, what they are authorized to access, and how Benchling's features are enabled and configured
- As an experienced Software Engineer on this team, you will build new features and tools that help users unlock the full potential of the Benchling application
- You will also work closely with other Platform and Application teams across Benchling, helping them leverage these core services to ship value in their respective product areas
- You will have an opportunity to ship quality code at a high velocity, while prioritizing enterprise grade security and compliance
- 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
Our take
As the pioneer of the R&D Cloud, Benchling offers a cloud-based informatics platform tailored for biotechnology. Its platform enables scientists across the globe to make breakthrough discoveries and bring next-gen biotechnology to market.
There’s a sincerity and consciousness to Benchling’s approach that stands out. This has led to the company being adopted by over 200,000 scientists from 1,000+ companies and 7,500 academic and research institutions globally (including 23andMe, Moderna, and the U.S. Department of Defense).
The rapidly advancing Biotechnology industry was at the forefront of the so-called “fourth industrial revolution”, with the industry driving $2 to $4 trillion per year of economic impact over the next 20 years.
Benchling has put itself in a position of immense value within the industry with its expanding offerings. And now, off the back of over $400 million in total funding, the company is seeing accelerated growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$100m
SERIES F
Apr 2021
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $411.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Robust healthcare benefits
- Family-forming benefits
- Four months of fully paid parental leave
- Retirement benefits
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sajith Wickramasekara
(Co-Founder & CEO)Sajith studied at MIT before spending 2 years as a Research Assistant at Duke University Medical Centre and Liquidia Technologies. They used this biotechnology understanding to found Benchling in June 2012, serving as CEO since.
Ashu Singhal
(Co-Founder & President)They previously co-founded Hotspots.io which was later acquired by Twitter in 2012. After this, became Staff Software Engineer at Twitter for 2 years, leaving to co-found Benchling.
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