# Research Engineer, Model Evaluation and Improvement at Benchling

- Company: Benchling
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and ICONIQ.
- Company website: http://benchling.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $136K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/benchling/3fbb23bd-c06c-49da-8834-4da67200275e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/benchling-research-engineer-model-evaluation-and-improvement/

## About the role

We’re a team focused on making frontier AI models better at science. LLMs know an extraordinary amount of biology, but there’s still a large gap in reasoning for the real-world problems scientists face every day. We recently published some of our work here .

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years at the intersection of biology and AI , with experience evaluating and improving scientific models or LLMs for biological applications
- Experience building with LLMs , with an intuition for where current models excel, where they struggle, and how to design systems around their capabilities
- Curiosity and excitement about frontier AI , with a desire to understand and push the capabilities of rapidly improving models
- Comfort working on ambiguous problems , where the playing field is rapidly shifting and the right technical approaches are still being discovered
- Collaborative mindset , able to work closely with engineers, scientists, and external research partners
- Desire to work in a fast-paced environment , where priorities can shift and rapid experimentation is encouraged

Tags: Engineering