Biotech AI Platform Engineer

Benchling; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Benchling, the AI platform for biotech R&D, is seeking a software engineer to join our hybrid team. You will design, implement, and deliver high-impact features across the stack (React + Python), translating product requirements into scalable architectures, while minimizing risks and tradeoffs.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and platform teams, mentor peers, and uphold engineering standards for quality, testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong coding skills and fundamentals – able to turn product requirements into well-architected, maintainable, and tested code
• Experience building scalable, reliable systems with attention to performance and user impact
• Leadership in engineering practices – drives and upholds high standards in testing, code quality, reviews, version control, and team development workflows
• Proven ability to work across teams – partnering with product, design, and platform groups to ship cohesive solutions
• Strategic problem solving – tackles complex, ambiguous technical challenges with a focus on long-term impact, scalability, and user value
• Comfortable pushing back thoughtfully – advocate for technical solutions that improve quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Experience mentoring others and contributing to team growth – through onboarding, pairing, and process improvement
• Clear and effective communicator, especially in cross-functional settings
• Curiosity and adaptability – excited to learn about life sciences and work in a fast-changing domain (no prior domain knowledge required – though it’s a huge bonus )

Responsibilities

• Drive complex, end-to-end projects across the stack (React + Python).
• Shape architectural direction to improve performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, customer success, and other engineering teams for clarity and alignment.
• Mentor engineers and elevate code quality and practices.
• Embrace ambiguity and rapidly learn new technologies.

Skills

React

Python

System design

Testing

Code reviews

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Performance

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Benchling, the AI platform for biotech R&D, is seeking a software engineer to join our hybrid team. You will design, implement, and deliver high-impact features across the stack (React + Python), translating product requirements into scalable architectures, while minimizing risks and tradeoffs.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and platform teams, mentor peers, and uphold engineering standards for quality, testing, and documentation.