Systems Engineer, Benchling
$133-180k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
Be an early applicant
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$133-180k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
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
- 5+ years in systems engineering, corporate infrastructure, or IT, with experience in IAM, automation, and macOS/Windows environments
- Familiarity in scripting languages like Bash or Python for automation and configuration
- Hands on knowledge of modern Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions such as Jamf, Intune, Fleet
- Skilled in implementing, managing, and scaling IAM solutions, with a focus on Okta
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- The Business Technology team is looking for a Systems Engineer to help enhance and support our IT infrastructure
- In this role, you’ll assist in managing and optimizing endpoint environments (macOS, Windows, ChromeOS), support identity and access management (IAM) solutions, build integrations and automation, and assist with AWS infrastructure management and new service deployments
- Maintain and improve our endpoint management tools to provide a seamless experience across macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS devices
- Develop automation to streamline workflows and enhance the employee experience
- Apply engineering best practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, configuration management, log aggregation, monitoring, telemetry, alerting, and automation, to scale and optimize critical IT functions
- Implement and maintain automated IAM solutions with Okta to strengthen security and access controls
- Manage system upgrades and integrations, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations
- Jira administration of projects, automation, and integrations to support business objectives
- Participate in and ensure alignment of IT services with our compliance responsibilities
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
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: $411.9m
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 HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
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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