Benchling · 1 day ago
Software Engineer, Search
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$165K/yr - $223K/yr
5+ years expBenchling is a biotechnology company focused on unlocking the power of biotechnology through innovative technology solutions. The Software Engineer on the Search Engineering team will design and implement scalable services and APIs for the Search platform, ensuring alignment with company goals and best practices while collaborating with various teams to enhance platform performance and security.
BiotechnologyLife ScienceSoftware
Responsibilities
Own projects end-to-end, from design and prototyping to deployment and large-scale rollout
Define and champion the long-term technical vision, ensuring our platform aligns with industry best practices and company goals
Collaborate effectively with stakeholders such as application teams, infrastructure teams, and PMs to understand requirements and translate them into scalable infrastructure and platform services
Design and implement resilient APIs, distributed systems, and core infrastructure services that serve both internal and external developers
Ensure high availability, performance, and security through proactive monitoring, testing, and optimization
Mentor and support other engineers, fostering technical excellence and knowledge sharing across the team
Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tooling, and architectural decisions
Qualification
Required
Have significant experience building, scaling, and optimizing search systems at scale. Experience with one of the following: Opensearch/Elasticsearch/Lucene/Solr is a requirement
5+ years of experience designing and implementing highly scalable multi-tenant services & APIs with well-defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for internal developers
Ability to define and execute a multi-year platform strategy that improves system scalability, developer experience, and operational efficiency
Proven ability to collaborate with application teams, infrastructure teams, and product managers to translate business needs into platform capabilities
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership
Hands-on experience with technologies like Elastic/OpenSearch, Kafka, Kinesis, Spark, or Flink
Experience with deployment and configuration management tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, and container systems like Kubernetes or Amazon ECS
Benefits
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
Monthly Wellness stipend
Learning and development stipend
Generous and flexible vacation
Company-wide Winter holiday shutdown
Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries
Company
Benchling
Benchling is an IT company that provides a cloud-based software platform for biology researchers and research and development organizations.
501-1000 employees
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2025 (19)
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2023 (11)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$411.9MKey Investors
Sequoia Capital Global EquitiesAlkeon CapitalMenlo Ventures
2021-11-17Series F· $100M
2021-04-14Series E· $200M
2020-05-28Series D· $50M
Leadership Team
Sam Wickramasekara
Founder & CEO
Ashutosh Singhal
Co-Founder and President
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