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Head of Scientific Development Solutions Engineering

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Benchling

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United States , San Francisco

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Salary:

232344.00 - 386000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

The Scientific Development Solutions (SDS) Group is a family of engineering teams that deliver products and solutions to biologists centered on the conduct of complex lab operations; development, qualification, and execution of rigorous SOPs; analysis of complex time-series data; and biological and IT-driven workflows for sample management, analytical chemistry, and more. LES solutions are frequently (but not exclusively) sought out by Benchling’s customers with GLP / GMP regulatory concerns. As the group lead for SDS engineering, you will be responsible for all software engineering work throughout our SDLC – specification, development, testing, deployment, and operational maintenance (SRE) work – for the Procedures, Studies, and Workflows products, split across two teams.

Job Responsibility:

  • Manage a group of 2–3 engineering scrum teams
  • up to one team may be directly reporting to you, with other teams reporting to other line managers in your organization
  • Translate strategy into execution by developing and executing quarterly plans with clear metrics and targets
  • Define and execute on a software engineering roadmap across your teams that encompasses new product and new feature development, quality improvements for both internal and external stakeholders, and bugfixes and software maintenance activities
  • Work closely with Product Mgmt and Design counterparts to articulate an achievable roadmap that meets our customer needs
  • Recruit, hire, and onboard exceptional full-stack engineers and engineering managers to staff your organization
  • mentor team members and act as a bar-raiser for talent
  • Build a strong partnership with stakeholders across the engineering organization and other functions across the company
  • Contribute to engineering-wide organizational improvements as part of the management team

Requirements:

  • 10–15 years overall experience in software engineering and engineering management roles
  • 5+ years overall experience in SaaS or the broader high-tech commercial software sector
  • 5+ years of engineering management experience, including 3+ years of indirectly managing other teams through subordinate engineering managers
  • Experience driving complex multi-quarter roadmaps to completion, with multiple technical projects and products
  • Experience building and deploying cloud-based web applications, ideally on both the front- and back-end
  • Track record of growing high-trajectory, early-to-mid-career engineers into leaders with company-wide impact
  • Familiarity with software engineering management productivity tools (e.g., Jira or other bug database), as well as observability tools for logging, metrics, and alerting
  • Interest in / curiosity about biotech! Prior experience with biotech, pharmaceutical, or other life sciences business sectors or education is not required, but is absolutely a plus
  • Willing to work on-site in our San Francisco or Boston offices three days a week

Nice to have:

Prior experience with biotech, pharmaceutical, or other life sciences business sectors or education

What we offer:
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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