Web Developer, Benchling
Marketing
$112-152k
+ Equity
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
$112-152k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unlock the power of biotechnology and empower their global customers to get to milestones & market faster.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience in full stack web development and design
- Proficiency using HTML/CSS/Javascript/GraphQL
- Experience working with modern front-end UI frameworks. Next.js preferred
- Strong experience developing within a headless CMS. Contentful preferred
- Experience with best practices in code standards and working in a code repo (linting, code reviews, branching strategies, CICD)
- Experience working with design teams to bring to life UI/UX designs and components
- Solid understanding of usability, responsive design, testing, and technical SEO
- Experience working with APIs and integrating 3rd party tools/services
- Experience with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and other technologies that track marketing data
- Familiarity with marketing automation tools such as Marketo
- Proven track record of taking product goals and requirements and delivering business solutions
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
What the job involves
- As the Web Developer in the Marketing team at Benchling, you'll be the architect behind dynamic web experiences that draw in, engage, and convert visitors to Benchling.com
- This role includes a combination of front-end, back-end and design responsibilities for developing new web experiences and managing our CMS and back-end infrastructure
- You'll collaborate closely with marketers across the team to craft a world-class web presence that is not only visually compelling but also optimized for performance and aligned with our business goals
- Your work will be critical in ensuring our website drives measurable success, from seamless user journeys to hitting key KPIs
- Build easy-to-use and performant websites serving multiple partners across marketing and design
- Participate in the full development lifecycle, including estimation, design, development, testing, and deployment
- Collaborate with our Creative team to develop website designs and page components that provide an amazing web experience
- Build responsive and optimized pages and page templates in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and nextJS
- Continually improve the CMS authoring experience to simplify and fast-track the creation of web content pieces
- Manage tools integrations that allow us to track website performance across the marketing lifecycle
- Implement technical SEO fixes and recommendations
- Manage our web hosting platform. Make necessary updates and improvements for optimal performance
- Review and respond to operational issues, escalating as necessary
- Share regular release notes with technical and content/messaging updates
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. Off the back of over $400 million in total funding, the company is seeing accelerated growth
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$100m
SERIES F
Apr 2021
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $411.9m
Company benefits
- 4 months paid parental leave
- 401k plan
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Work from home opportunities
- 100% premiums covered for health, dental, & vision
- Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
Company values
- Constant Curiosity - Like the scientists we serve, we approach life with a sense of constant curiosity
- Scientist First - We’re relentlessly focused on taking a scientist-first approach
- Impact Driven - We commit our time, energy, and resources to efforts that will drive maximum impact
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Sajith Wickramasekara
(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
(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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