Full Stack Software Engineer, Benchling
Application Ecosystem
$134.4-181.8k
+ 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
$134.4-181.8k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unlock the power of biotechnology.
Role
Who you are
- You have 2+ years of experience in software engineering
- Experience with contemporary web development technologies. This includes backend languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, or Go, and frontend frameworks like Typescript, React, or GraphQL. Your growing skills will contribute significantly to creating innovative and fluid web experiences
- Build software with a product-first approach. You ship code quickly and care about the real world impact of your code
- Possess strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback
- Enjoy ownership and building key pieces of product
- Have a keen interest in delving deeper into life science. While prior knowledge isn’t a prerequisite, an enthusiasm to learn certainly is
What the job involves
- Joining Benchling's Application Ecosystem team as a Software Engineer, you'll be instrumental in crafting, developing, and maintaining our innovative platform for scientific research and development
- Working on a wide range of projects, you'll collaborate with teams across the company to build a growing application ecosystem, enabling developers to expand Benchling's suite of offerings
- Your work will be vital in driving innovation, customization, and seamless integration of third-party solutions that empower scientists to achieve peak efficiency and make groundbreaking discoveries
- You will be involved in projects from conception through to completion. This includes participating in the initial design phase, helping to build prototypes, and supporting the large-scale rollout of software products
- Contribute to the design and architecture of robust APIs, user interfaces, services, and frameworks. These efforts are crucial for integrating new applications smoothly into our existing ecosystem
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to grasp user needs and convert them into practical, scalable software solutions
- Play a key role in the rapid expansion of our products and team. This involves refining our tooling and engineering processes, as well as participating in the hiring process to help grow our team effectively
- Ensure the ecosystem's high quality and performance by assisting in comprehensive testing, monitoring, and optimization efforts to meet our high standards
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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