# Data Engineer at Benchling

- Company: Benchling
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and ICONIQ.
- Company website: http://benchling.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $153K to $207K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/benchling/c1ad7288-ad78-4a0f-8f19-1fcc3f6cf85b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/benchling-data-engineer/

## About the role

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.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of professional experience building and operating production data pipelines — ingestion, transformation, and modeling data into a cloud data warehouse
- Strong SQL and Python skills, hands on experience with data modeling methodologies and tools, preferable with dbt
- Experience applying software engineering practices to data systems — version control, code review, CI/CD, automated testing — and comfort working with cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar) supporting production pipelines
- Experience with Snowflake or a comparable modern cloud data warehouse in production
- Comfort with orchestration tooling (Airflow or similar) for scheduled data jobs
- Track record supporting many stakeholders across departments such as Sales, CS, Product, Finance, rather than a single internal customer

Tags: Engineering