Benchling

Software Engineer, Full Stack (Enterprise Lifecycle) (High Seniority)

San Francisco, CA

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 115 days ago

Full-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewLLMsAgentic AIComplianceFDA RegulatoryLeadershipCommunicationMentoringGxP

About the role

Our mission is to help them prove their products are safe for human consumption and navigate complex regulatory processes with confidence and efficiency.
This role sits at the intersection of platform and product work, requiring both deep technical expertise and strong product sense.
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
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
Partner closely with product management, design, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate customer needs into technical solutions
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
You will own horizontally impactful systems while directly enabling features that appear in FDA submissions and GxP-regulated workflows.

8+ years of experience as a software engineer, with demonstrated progression of increasing scope and impact
Track record of independently scoping and driving initiative-level work with feature scope and impact across a whole product area or team
Prior biotech knowledge not required, but enthusiasm to learn is essential
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
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

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.

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

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.
Explore and evaluate opportunities to leverage AI and LLMs to improve compliance workflows, audit reporting, and regulatory navigation for our customers

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