# Software Engineer, Tools and Automation 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: $195K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/benchling/ba0bcb25-d2e9-4ef6-ada0-dc5f7ea5424e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/benchling-software-engineer-tools-and-automation/

## 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

- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems, with strong systems design and integration fundamentals
- Demonstrated understanding of how to optimize workloads across deterministic and non-deterministic capabilities, striking the right architectural balance for the needs of the specific solution being implemented
- Production experience with at least two of: Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go, comfort with working across the stack
- Practical experience applying LLMs where they earn their place in a workflow - and the judgment to recognize where they do not. We care that you shipped something that worked and that people kept using, not which framework you reached for
- Track record of going from zero to one: a platform, function, or product area you built up from scratch and scaled
- Experience operating in regulated or security-sensitive environments. Solid grasp of enterprise security fundamentals — encryption, access controls, audit logging, secrets management

Tags: Engineering