Senior Lab Informatics Software Engineer Benchling Platform

Institute for Protein Innovation; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical, dental, &

Job summary

The Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI) in Boston is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Lab Informatics team and help architect, build, and evolve the Institute’s digital laboratory platform with Benchling as a core component.

You will partner with scientists, automation engineers, and data teams to translate complex workflows into scalable, reliable digital solutions and contribute to Benchling configuration, data modeling, and integrations.

Qualifications

• H Hands-on experience developing on the Benchling platform, including Apps, App Canvas, APIs/SDK, and Insights.
• Strong Python and SQL development skills.
• Experience with REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and data models.
• Experience building production-grade software and data integrations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Benchling environment including schemas, Registry, and workflows.
• Design and build production-quality apps and integrations using Benchling Dev Platform.
• Create scalable scientific data models for traceability and reuse.
• Build analytics dashboards with Python and visualization tools.
• Lead technical architecture discussions and mentor engineers.

Skills

Benchling experience

Python

SQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

Git

Data modeling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering, Computational Biology, or related field

Tools

Benchling Apps

App Canvas

APIs/SDK

Plotly/Dash

Streamlit

Job description

The Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI) in Boston is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Lab Informatics team and help architect, build, and evolve the Institute’s digital laboratory platform with Benchling as a core component.

You will partner with scientists, automation engineers, and data teams to translate complex workflows into scalable, reliable digital solutions and contribute to Benchling configuration, data modeling, and integrations.