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Software Engineer – Molecular Biology
| Company | Benchling |
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| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $141104 – $190906 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level |
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Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including writing clean, maintainable code, testing, version control, and working within Agile workflows.
- Strong expertise in frontend development (with React or similar frameworks) and backend development (with high level languages like Python).
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to iteratively improve solutions based on feedback and real-world performance.
- Experience collaborating with other engineers in a team setting. Ability to provide constructive feedback, perform code reviews, and work together on solving complex engineering problems.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Data Science, etc.).
- A passion for learning and growth, especially in the life sciences or biotechnology space (no prior knowledge required, just a willingness to learn and adapt).
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end project development: Take ownership of projects from understanding product requirements and designs to planning, implementing, testing, and deploying solutions. You will handle the full lifecycle of features, from initial concept to final delivery.
- Collaborate with product managers and designers
- Write clean, maintainable code: Contribute to both frontend (React) and backend (Python) development, ensuring high-quality, scalable code that adheres to best practices and solid engineering principles.
- Refactor and manage technical debt: Take responsibility for improving and cleaning up existing code while building new features. Identify areas for technical improvement, ensuring long-term code maintainability and product scalability.
- Design and implement robust testing and metrics
- Collaboration with Other Engineers
- Ownership and Accountability
- Adaptability and Openness to New Challenges – Especially in a fast-paced, evolving field like life sciences, the ability to pivot, handle ambiguity, and quickly learn new technologies or domains could be important.
- Cross-functional Communication – Ability to work with other engineering teams as well and customer success.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with molecular biology or chemistry concepts or a strong interest in learning more about these fields.
- Proven ability to take product requirements and transform them into actionable technical plans and high-quality code.
- Experience managing technical debt and making decisions that balance product speed with long-term maintainability.
- Experience in building scalable and performant systems that meet user demands while ensuring reliability.
- Experience with layered architecture concepts and designing solutions that are robust, maintainable, and scalable.
- Experience working with platform and cross-functional teams to build comprehensive solutions that address multiple business needs beyond individual features.
- Ability to push back when necessary: Respectfully challenge product and design assumptions, advocating for technical solutions that improve product quality, scalability, and maintainability.
- Ability to mentor and contribute to team growth: Help onboard new team members and foster a collaborative, learning-driven environment, while contributing to the evolution of engineering practices and processes.
