# Software Engineer, Backend

**Company:** [Benchling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/benchling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $148k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, Node.js, Software Engineering, web frameworks, Developer Tools, release engineering
**Posted:** 2026-07-23

> Build and improve tooling, frameworks, and processes that enable engineers to efficiently develop, test, and release high-quality software at Benchling. Requires 2+ years software engineering experience, product-first mindset, and expertise in a web framework (Node or Python preferred).

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and implement tooling for efficient, frictionless development, testing, and packaging for production release.
- Iterate on developer experience improvements using qualitative and quantitative feedback.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address challenges in engineering workflows that impact developer happiness and productivity.
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and peers in engineering to make Benchling a delightful place to develop software.
- Help rapidly scale our product and team. As a member of the engineering team, you'll be an integral part of how we mature our tooling, best practices, engineering processes, and hiring.

## Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
- Build software with a product-first approach. You ship code quickly and care about the real world impact of your code.
- Expertise with at least one web framework, preferably node or python.
- Have strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback.
- Enjoy ownership and building key pieces of product.
- Have empathy for your customers and curiosity about their challenges.
- Are interested in learning more about life science (prior knowledge is not required; desire to learn is a must).

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