# Software Engineer, Agents 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: On-site
- Pay: $194K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/benchling/263fd507-eb03-4cfa-8297-ce276b729b52
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/benchling-software-engineer-agents/

## About the role

We’re a team focusing on shipping AI agents for scientists, helping them automate toil and accelerate breakthroughs. Our agents automate many parts of scientific work that take hours to weeks today: designing experiments, capturing data, analyzing data, and writing complex reports. As an engineer on the team, you’ll build these agents end-to-end, from designing the agent architecture to shipping intuitive interfaces for the agents within our scientific applications.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience , building and maintaining production systems
- Experience across the stack , comfort working with backend systems (Python or similar languages) and modern frontend frameworks (React or equivalent)
- Strong product sense , with the ability to iterate quickly and refine solutions based on user feedback and data
- Curiosity and excitement about LLMs and AI agents , and a desire to shape how they can transform scientific research
- Collaborative mindset , able to work closely with engineers, product managers, and scientists to bring new ideas to life
- Desire to work in a fast-paced environment , where priorities can shift and rapid experimentation is encouraged

Tags: Engineering