Software Engineer, Applications (High Seniority)

Benchling is on a mission to accelerate the pace of life sciences research and development. To do that, we build a suite of tools that scientists use daily to tackle humanity's most pressing problems. The tools we build must be optimized to make scientists more efficient in their work, across a broad spectrum of research, development, and manufacturing tasks. Our platform offers life sciences and pharmaceutical researchers a collection of tools that speak to the general workflow of the research and development process, with an emphasis on configurability to meet individual needs and a limited amount of domain-specific assumptions or know-how built in. To meet accelerating trends in specific pharmaceutical drug R&D approaches like antibody discovery & optimization and medicinal chemistry, Benchling has recently shifted focus to producing integrated subdomain-specific solutions for scientific organizations. Our goal is to provide best-in-class tools for pharma R&D across all scientific modalities.

Benchling is seeking an experienced software engineer who has a demonstrated multi-year track record of delivery in enterprise SaaS application development. You will work across a variety of software applications with a concentration area in scientific computing, helping to launch new applications for antibody engineering, small-molecule chemistry, and more. Your work will directly shape these applications as we bring them to market. In addition, you will act as a force multiplier for the Applications pillar and help drive engineering excellence across the organization. This role reports to the Head of Applications within Engineering.

• Design and implement key functionality from system architecture to backend models and API endpoints to front end UI for complex scientific workflows.
• Use technical decision making as a tool of engineering strategy: identify how to best leverage existing system capabilities and engineering resources across teams to efficiently deliver solutions to our customers; use technical debt wisely as a tool to balance short- and long-term objectives; identify technical choices that add functionality quickly or preserve optionality for the long term.
• Empower engineering team members to deliver and improve the quality and velocity of their delivery through mentorship and teamwork.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering leadership to ensure the right context is being shared.
• Help build and scale our product and team. As a member of the engineering team, you'll be an integral part of how we mature our tooling, standard methodologies, engineering processes, and hiring.

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Evidence that you build software with a product-first approach and ship with a focus on impact. You write code quickly, with quality, and care about the real world impact of your code.
• Demonstrated delivery of complex enterprise systems, and solid software architecture thinking and design skills.
• Proven track record of continuous learning. We have a comprehensive React-based frontend and python backend, built on top of a predominantly relational data storage model in Postgres. Prior direct experience with our stack is appreciated but not required–but you should be facile with these technologies or able to pick them up quickly. You stay on top of industry trends and further identify new technologies that we could incorporate in our stack to accomplish our longer-term aims when delivering enterprise solutions.
• While this role, like most Applications engineering roles, is on a full stack engineering team, we are particularly interested in candidates with a focus on frontend development.
• Strong grasp of software engineering principles and ability to raise the team’s bar in areas such as testing, system performance, and maintainability. Familiarity with tools for monitoring, deployment, and scaling.
• Have strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Able to use influencing skills rooted in technical expertise to persuade software engineers to align on an implementation strategy.
• Are interested in learning more about life science (prior knowledge is strongly appreciated but not required; a desire to learn is a must).

We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration. Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay.  The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $214,646 - $290,404. 

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• Competitive total rewards package
• Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
• Monthly Wellness stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous and flexible vacation
• Company-wide Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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