Software Engineer, Full Stack (Chemistry) (High Seniority)

About Benchling

Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, from the medicines we take, to the crops we grow, the materials we wear, and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology. Benchling’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world’s most innovative biotech companies use Benchling’s R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market. Come help us bring modern software to modern science.

Job Summary

Benchling is expanding into additional modalities including chemistry, and has a plan to rapidly bring tools to the chemistry market. This is a major step forward, as these capabilities are among the most often requested by our customers, and they align with Benchling’s work on antibodies and other modalities as well as development. The chemistry team will build from our existing support for molecules toward a full chemistry solution, integrated with our notebook and our core registry product. Benchling’s customers interact with our products daily, and they trust them with their most important assets. Chemistry is a full-stack team on a mission to accelerate science by creating powerful, intuitive tools that support a broad range of scientific workflows. We obsess over quality and data integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive complex, end-to-end projects: Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of high-impact features and systems across the stack (React + Python).
• Translate product requirements into scalable architecture and thoughtful user experiences, while proactively identifying risks and tradeoffs.
• Shape technical direction and architecture: Make foundational engineering decisions that improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with other senior engineers to evolve our platform and influence long-term technical strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with product managers, designers, customer success, and other engineering teams to create clarity and ensure alignment on goals, seamless handoffs, and shared understanding of scientific user needs.
• Identify and address technical debt: Own proactive improvements to the codebase and infrastructure.
• Refactor critical systems for maintainability and performance, and champion investments that improve long-term developer velocity.
• Design for performance and scale: Build systems that can handle the complexity and scale of life sciences R&D.
• Optimize backend performance, frontend responsiveness, and system reliability.
• Mentor and support other engineers: Act as a technical mentor and sounding board for other engineers.
• Help grow the team’s technical skills through guidance, pairing, and knowledge sharing.
• Be a force multiplier for the team.
• Elevate code quality and engineering practices: Set high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence.
• Lead by example, perform thorough code reviews, and help.