Benchling is an AI platform for biotech R&D, empowering scientists to accelerate discoveries that change the world. As a Software Engineer on the Developer Enablement team, you will build the platform that enables scientific applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create tools that support groundbreaking research.
Responsibilities
- 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 GraphQL 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
Skills
- 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
Company Overview
Benchling is an IT company that provides a cloud-based software platform for biology researchers and research and development organizations. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.benchling.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Benchling has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2026, 19 in 2025, 24 in 2024, 11 in 2023, 18 in 2022, 10 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.