Software Engineer, Developer Enablement

ROLE OVERVIEW

At Benchling, our mission is to empower scientists to accelerate discoveries that change the world. As a Software Engineer on the Developer Enablement team, you’ll play a pivotal role in building the platform that enables our ecosystem of scientific applications. You won’t just write code, you’ll help shape how developers, partners, and scientists interact with Benchling’s products, allowing them to create tools that directly support groundbreaking research.

Your work will impact the way science gets done, driving innovation and enabling seamless integration of third‑party solutions across the platform.

• Take ownership of projects from ideation to delivery, including prototyping, building, and scaling new software features.
• Design and implement robust APIs, services, and interfaces that integrate seamlessly with our growing ecosystem.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to translate user needs into scalable, elegant software solutions.
• Influence the direction of our platform by bringing creative solutions and new ideas to the table.

• Design, build, and maintain external developer‑facing APIs and SDKs that power extensibility in Benchling’s platform.
• Contribute to evolving and scaling our REST and Graph
  
  QL APIs, ensuring consistency, performance, and usability for external and internal developers.
• Build and maintain delivery systems for real‑time scientific data.

• Contribute to the development of APIs and interfaces that support AI‑driven agents like Benchling’s Deep Research Agent and Data Entry Agent.
• Support the development of our Benchling MCP to enable AI agents to interact safely with Benchling’s data and APIs.
• Collaborate with our AI infra / agents teams to support the agentic ecosystem.

• Architect and implement high‑throughput APIs designed specifically for bulk data ingestion and export, capable of handling millions of records daily with minimal latency.
• Design scalable API specifications (REST or gRPC) that support complex filtering, sparse fieldsets, and cursor‑based pagination to efficiently manage large payloads.

Check out our engineering blog for some examples of past work across Benchling.

• 1+ years of professional software engineering experience
• A prior software engineering internship
• Strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback.
• A desire to have ownership over building key pieces of product and/or platform.
• Build software with a product‑first approach. You ship code quickly and care about the real world impact of your code.

We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in‑office collaboration. Employees are expected to be on‑site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

Benchling takes a market‑based approach to pay. The candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job‑related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $141,104 to $190,906.

To help you determine which zone applies to your location, please see this resource. If you have questions regarding a specific location’s zone designation, please contact a recruiter for additional information.

• Competitive total rewards package
• Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and family‑forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Commuter benefits for in‑office employees and a generous home office set‑up stipend for remote employees
• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
• Monthly Wellness stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous and flexible vacation
• Company‑wide Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5‑year and 10‑year anniversaries

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