# Software Engineer, Scientific Models

**Company:** [Benchling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/benchling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $173k – $234k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, Backend Systems, Model Inference, AI Infrastructure, Scientific Computing, Alphafold, Machine Learning Models, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, Optimization Techniques
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> Build scalable infrastructure for scientific AI models like AlphaFold to enable fast, reliable inference in biotech workflows. Requires 3+ years experience with backend systems and scientific model deployment, strong optimization skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and scale our scientific model platform by designing and implementing infrastructure for model inference that is fast, reliable, and cost-effective across a diverse set of scientific models.
- Define standards and tooling for model developers, creating frameworks that make it easy to integrate, test, and ship third-party open-source and proprietary models into Benchling.
- Work directly with customers to ideate use cases, gather feedback, and onboard scientific teams.
- Shape how we build AI at Benchling, driving experimentation, contributing to technical direction, and helping evolve our engineering and product development practices as the field matures.

## Qualifications
- 3+ years of software engineering or equivalent research experience, developing or deploying scientific models in an industry or academic setting.
- Strong experience with backend systems and infrastructure for supporting scientific model training or inference.
- Strong technical and analytical skills for optimizing compute-intensive systems.
- Collaborative mindset, able to work closely with engineers, product managers, and scientists to bring new ideas to life.
- Desire to work in a fast-paced environment, where priorities can shift and rapid experimentation is encouraged.

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