# Software Engineer, Platform

**Company:** [Benchling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/benchling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Boston, MA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $173k – $234k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, Python, Web Frameworks, Release Engineering, Developer Experience, Developer Productivity, Software Testing, Production Packaging, Feedback Loops
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Build developer-experience tooling and release systems within Benchling’s Platform team, helping engineering teams develop, test, package, and ship high-quality software rapidly. The role requires 4+ years of software engineering experience, web framework expertise, strong problem-solving, and effective cross-functional communication.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and implement tooling for efficient, frictionless development, testing, and production packaging.
- Design and develop release tooling that enables code changes to reach production within 10 minutes.
- Improve developer experience using qualitative and quantitative feedback.
- Implement feedback loops that integrate quality into software development workflows.
- Champion effective engineering and operational patterns across the Engineering organization.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to address engineering workflow challenges affecting developer happiness and productivity.
- Work with product managers, designers, and engineering peers to improve the software development experience.
- Help scale engineering tooling, best practices, processes, and hiring.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of software engineering experience.
- Product-first approach to building tools and software.
- Experience shipping code quickly with attention to real-world impact.
- Expertise with at least one web framework, preferably Node.js or Python.
- Strong problem-solving and feedback-iteration skills.
- Ownership of key product components.
- Empathy for users and curiosity about their challenges.
- Willingness to learn about life science.
- Clear and effective communication, especially in cross-functional settings.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work arrangement with in-office collaboration expected 3 days per week: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

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