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Benchling, Inc. · Boston, MA · Design and UX · posted 3 days ago
Benchling, Inc. · San Francisco, CA · posted 225 days ago
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| Employer | Benchling, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Field | Technology › Software engineering |
| Level | not stated |
| Source category | Engineering, Engineering: Applications |
| Posted | 2026-03-29 (225 days ago) |
| Work arrangement | A remote or flexible location is listed |
| Pay | Not published in the source listing |
We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era.
When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done.
Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma.
We’re building an AI scientist for our customers. We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today.
The Enterprise Lifecycle team is a newly formed engineering team dedicated to ensuring Benchling's largest customers—internationally recognizable names developing some of the world's most innovative treatments and cures—are successful in regulated environments. Our mission is to help them prove their products are safe for human consumption and navigate complex regulatory processes with confidence and efficiency.
As a Software Engineer on this team, you will be a technical leader responsible for designing and building the critical systems that enterprise customers depend on for regulatory submissions and audits. You will own horizontally impactful systems while directly enabling features that appear in FDA submissions and GxP-regulated workflows. This role sits at the intersection of platform and product work, requiring both deep technical expertise and strong product sense.
Our team values technical excellence, a deep understanding of user needs, and a commitment to building products that make complex scientific work easier and more efficient. If you're excited about solving challenging technical problems that have a meaningful impact on global health and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
Drive the design and development of innovative products and systems that advance Benchling's product and business goals, serving as a technical expert within the team
Independently architect and implement solutions to complex, open-ended problems in areas such as comprehensive audit coverage, scalable export systems, document lifecycle management, and regulatory compliance workflows
Lead large, sophisticated initiatives spanning multiple quarters, breaking down ambiguous requirements into concrete technical plans and iterative delivery milestones
Design for scale and reliability with the future in mind, anticipating technical challenges across our growing enterprise customer base
Write exceptionally well-documented, well-tested code that follows company best practices and serves as an example for others
Provide technical leadership through code reviews, architectural guidance, and mentorship of engineers across experience levels
Partner closely with product management, design, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate customer needs into technical solutions
Explore and evaluate opportunities to leverage AI and LLMs to improve compliance workflows, audit reporting, and regulatory navigation for our customers
Establish and improve standards of code quality, style, and architecture at the team level
Own end-to-end delivery of critical features, from planning and development through deployment, maintenance, and monitoring
Collaborate with other teams to ensure our horizontal systems integrate seamlessly and enable product development across the organization
8+ years of experience as a software engineer, with demonstrated progression of increasing scope and impact
Experience as a technical lead on significant projects involving multiple engineers across multiple quarters
Strong experience building backend systems and APIs for cloud-based web applications
Solid understanding of frontend development and the ability to build full-stack solutions when needed
Proven ability to design scalable, robust software architectures that align with business requirements and long-term maintainability
Track record of independently scoping and driving initiative-level work with feature scope and impact across a whole product area or team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear technical designs and articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop other engineers, enabling them to be more productive and successful
Interest in learning about life sciences. Prior biotech knowledge not required, but enthusiasm to learn is essential
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).
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Benchling welcomes everyone.
We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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| Place ⇅ | Distance from the job city ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ | Median home value ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Commute 45+ min ⇅ | Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅ | Open jobs there ⇅ |
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| San Francisco, CA | 0 mi | $2,476 | $1,394,500 | $140,970 | 21.6% | n/a | Jobs |
| Daly City, CA | 31 mi | $2,551 | $1,115,000 | $123,547 | 19.6% | n/a | Jobs |
| Pacifica, CA | 31 mi | $3,098 | $1,249,800 | $160,523 | 15.5% | n/a | — |
| San Bruno, CA | 34 mi | $2,773 | $1,207,500 | $141,272 | 12.2% | n/a | — |
| Millbrae, CA | 36 mi | $3,272 | $1,934,900 | $163,476 | 21.8% | n/a | — |
| Brisbane, CA | 36 mi | $2,574 | $1,232,200 | $156,169 | 29.8% | n/a | — |
| South San Francisco, CA | 36 mi | $2,802 | $1,188,800 | $136,578 | 15.2% | n/a | — |
| Half Moon Bay, CA | 37 mi | $2,433 | $1,549,500 | $157,884 | 26.7% | n/a | — |
| Burlingame, CA | 38 mi | $2,785 | $2,000,001 | $174,000 | 23.1% | n/a | — |
| Richmond, CA | 40 mi | $1,960 | $668,200 | $95,391 | 28.8% | n/a | — |
| San Mateo, CA | 41 mi | $3,077 | $1,618,700 | $153,504 | 15.8% | n/a | — |
| Berkeley, CA | 41 mi | $2,133 | $1,413,900 | $108,092 | 20.8% | n/a | Jobs |
| Alameda, CA | 42 mi | $2,474 | $1,235,700 | $137,697 | 27.3% | n/a | Jobs |
| Belmont, CA | 43 mi | $2,875 | $2,000,001 | $205,297 | 18.6% | n/a | Jobs |
| Oakland, CA | 44 mi | $1,979 | $929,900 | $101,600 | 21.9% | n/a | Jobs |
| Foster City, CA | 44 mi | $3,501 | $1,838,200 | $199,143 | 20.6% | n/a | Jobs |
| San Carlos, CA | 45 mi | $2,854 | $2,000,001 | $237,470 | 14.9% | n/a | Jobs |
| Redwood City, CA | 47 mi | $2,968 | $1,801,700 | $157,814 | 10.2% | n/a | Jobs |
| San Leandro, CA | 48 mi | $2,186 | $844,200 | $101,420 | 23.7% | n/a | — |
| Atherton, CA | 49 mi | $3,501 | $2,000,001 | $250,001 | 7.0% | n/a | — |
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How far San Francisco, CA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.
| From ⇅ | Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅ | Population of that city ⇅ |
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| San Francisco, CA | 0 mi | 830,235 |
| San Jose, CA | 73 mi | 990,138 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 364 mi | 3,857,263 |
| San Diego, CA | 475 mi | 1,389,526 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 678 mi | 1,642,323 |
| Seattle, WA | 684 mi | 754,195 |
| Denver, CO | 986 mi | 718,877 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,420 mi | 697,125 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 1,484 mi | 963,194 |
| Dallas, TX | 1,515 mi | 1,307,930 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,516 mi | 1,479,835 |
| Austin, TX | 1,530 mi | 979,539 |
| Houston, TX | 1,673 mi | 2,328,253 |
| Chicago, IL | 1,885 mi | 2,711,226 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1,979 mi | 885,860 |
| Columbus, OH | 2,142 mi | 914,802 |
| Charlotte, NC | 2,332 mi | 903,844 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 2,403 mi | 977,670 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 2,550 mi | 1,579,706 |
| New York, NY | 2,602 mi | 8,483,844 |
| City ⇅ | Straight-line distance ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda, CA | 42 mi | 38 |
| Belmont, CA | 43 mi | 2 |
| Redwood City, CA | 47 mi | 30 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 54 mi | 217 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 60 mi | 19 |
| Fremont, CA | 62 mi | 2 |
| Pleasanton, CA | 63 mi | 6 |
| Milpitas, CA | 66 mi | 2 |
| Campbell, CA | 67 mi | 7 |
| San Jose, CA | 73 mi | 664 |
| Capitola, CA | 79 mi | 1 |
| Sacramento, CA | 103 mi | 49 |
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