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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. The team is working on a wide range of early- and mid-stage initiatives—including developer APIs, event delivery, AI-powered agents, and new platform infrastructure designed to support a growing ecosystem of scientific applications. Because of the diversity of our work, engineers have the flexibility to take on projects that align with both business needs and their own interests and skills. This role was envisioned as a “Developer Platform Engineer,” reflecting the breadth of opportunities to contribute across our developer-facing systems. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your contributions will be visible across the company and to our scientific users worldwide. You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers, tackling complex challenges while growing your expertise in platform development and life sciences.
Job Responsibility:
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
Developer Interfaces & Platform APIs
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 GraphQL APIs, ensuring consistency, performance, and usability for external and internal developers
Build and maintain delivery systems for real-time scientific data
Requirements:
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
Nice to have:
AI Agents & Model Context Protocol (MCP)
APIs for ingesting/exporting large amounts of data
What we offer:
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