Platform DevEx Engineer: AI-Driven Developer Tools

Benchling; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Benchling is building AI-powered biotech tools and developer platforms. This role leads Developer Experience in the Platform pillar, crafting tools and workflows that reduce engineering friction and accelerate AI-enabled product development.

You will guide cross-functional teams and drive adoption of scalable engineering practices. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering peers to deliver high-quality software, improve developer happiness, and scale teams and processes in a

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Ship code quickly with a product-first mindset.
• Experience with at least one web framework (Node or Python).
• Strong problem-solving and feedback iteration.
• Ownership mindset and building key product pieces.
• Empathy for customers and curiosity about their challenges.
• Clear communicator in cross-functional settings.
• Interest in life sciences and learning.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the BFF layer between client and backend APIs to ship changes with high confidence.
• Build tooling for efficient development, testing, and packaging for production release.
• Iterate on developer experience improvements using feedback (qualitative & quantitative).
• Implement feedback loops that integrate quality into workflows.
• Champion engineering and operational patterns across the org.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address engineering workflow challenges affecting happiness and productivity.
• Work with product managers, designers, and peers to make Benchling a great place to develop software.
• Help scale the product and team while maturing tooling and processes.

Skills

Software development

Web frameworks

Problem solving

Ownership

Customer empathy

GraphQL

Tools

GraphQL

Job description

Benchling is building AI-powered biotech tools and developer platforms. This role leads Developer Experience in the Platform pillar, crafting tools and workflows that reduce engineering friction and accelerate AI-enabled product development.

You will guide cross-functional teams and drive adoption of scalable engineering practices. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering peers to deliver high-quality software, improve developer happiness, and scale teams and processes in a