Software Engineer, Platform (Developer Experience)

The role

You will work on the Developer Productivity team to create tools and frameworks that enhance developer experience and drive AI enablement. You will build solutions to remove engineering friction and help engineering teams deliver high quality products.

What you will do

• Enhance the BFF layer between client and backend APIs.
• Build and implement tooling for efficient development, testing, and packaging.
• Iterate on developer experience improvements using qualitative and quantitative feedback.
• Implement feedback loops that integrate quality into software development workflows.
• Champion effective engineering and operational patterns across the Engineering org.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address challenges in engineering workflows.
• Work with product managers, designers, and peers to make Benchling a delightful place to develop software.
• Help rapidly scale the product and team by maturing tooling, best practices, and processes.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering
• Build tools and software with a product-first approach
• Expertise with at least one web framework
• Strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback
• Enjoy ownership and building key pieces of product
• Have empathy for customers and curiosity about their challenges
• Clear and effective communicator

Nice to have

• node or python
• Experience with GraphQL
• Interested in learning more about life science

Before you apply

• You'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion as part of the interview process

About the company

Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows.