Software Engineer, BenchSci
Gen AI & Web Apps
CA$100-125k
+ Equity Options
2+ days a week in office
AI for biomedical research
Be an early applicant
AI for biomedical research
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$100-125k
+ Equity Options
2+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving research by empowering scientists with the world's most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- Proficiency in building full-stack applications using a Python/Django back-end and a React/TypeScript front-end
- 2+ years of experience as a professional full-stack developer(adjusted from 4+)
- Foundational understanding of GenAI concepts (e.g., prompting, RAG workflows, or interacting with LLM APIs)
- A proactive mindset—you are comfortable asking questions and digging into complex problems to find the right solution
Desirable
- Experience with authentication flows and SSO (e.g., OAuth, SAML)
- Prior exposure to vector databases or AI orchestration frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex
- Experience working in a regulated industry (HealthTech, FinTech, etc.)
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you'll work on complex projects, actively contribute to back-end and front-end initiatives and grow along with other engineers as you develop solutions for our software as a service (SaaS) products that help scientists save time and increase their experiment quality
- Develop and ship new features and bug fixes within a cross-functional team of data engineers, PMs, and AI scientists
- Collaborate closely with your immediate team (3–5 engineers) on technical investigations, solution designs, and high-quality code implementation
- Build and maintain robust web applications that integrate with LLMs and generative AI workflows
- Write clean, tested code that adheres to our standards for scalability and maintainability
- Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback to ensure high engineering quality
- Assist in troubleshooting and resolving production issues in a timely and efficient manner
- Contribute to projects serving some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, ensuring data security and reliability
- Actively learn from world-class engineers to rapidly accelerate your technical and professional growth
Our take
Over the past decade, the cost of bringing a drug to market has increased exponentially. But the number of drugs approved has stayed stagnant, leading to a decline in research productivity. Through the development of AI-assisted software, BenchSci has allowed scientists to rapidly compute data from scientific journals and product catalogues to dramatically reduce these inefficiencies in the R&D process.
The company offers a lateral solution to traditional, manual data analysis to allow for data leveraging. Plus an automated, comprehensive overview of existing relevant research. These methods have made BenchSci a forerunner in the drug development industry; the company's software is used by leading pharmaceutical companies.
BenchSci continues to invest in its machine learning technology, and in 2023 launched ASCEND. This is software that extracts experimental evidence from internal and external sources to help improve the hit rate of drug trials. It has also raised considerable funds, the latest of which is supporting the expansion of the platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2023
$70m
SERIES D
Jan 2022
$46.4m
SERIES C
Total funding: $161.5m
Company benefits
- An engaging remote-first culture that hires the best talent from around the world
- Compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits with an emphasis on mental health
- An annual Executive Health Assessment at Medcan for proactive health awareness
- Three weeks of vacation plus an additional day for every completed year
- A $2000 Annual Learning & Development budget
- Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options
- Additional time-off: 2 weeks for Winter Holiday, every other Friday in July and August, your birthday, and more!
- A $1000 work from home allowance to make your home setup perfect for you
- An Oculus Quest 2 to connect with your team members in Virtual Reality
- An executive coach for managers to assist in leading high-performing teams
- Complimentary Headspace account to support mental wellness and focus
- Complimentary genome sequencing from 23andMe to better understand your health through your DNA
Company HQ
Little Italy, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Dr. Elvis Wianda
(Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer)Obtained a PhD studying Health & Medical Physics at the University of Toronto before joining BenchSci.
Dr. Tom Leung
(Co-Founder & CSO)Previously held roles within the University of Toronto as a Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow.
Liran Belenzon
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded and held role as CEO at companies including Standy and Biz-Coupon. Currently a CDL Associate at Creative Destruction Lab.
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