Benchling · 8 hours ago
Software Engineer, Big Data Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$141K/yr - $191K/yr
2+ years expBenchling is a company focused on unlocking the power of biotechnology, providing innovative solutions for the biotech industry. They are seeking a Data Platform engineer to build scalable data services that enhance customer access to their data for analytics and AI, while ensuring data integrity and privacy. The role involves collaborating with product teams and establishing best practices for data platform usage.
BiotechnologyLife ScienceSoftware
Responsibilities
Build next generation Data Platform with scalable data ingress/egress for internal and external customers
Define and design data transformations and pipelines for cross-functional datasets, while ensuring that data integrity and data privacy are first-class concerns regarded proactively, instead of reactively
Define the right Service Level Objectives for the batch & streaming pipelines, and optimize their performance
Designing and creating CI/CD pipelines for platform provisioning, full lifecycle management. Building the platform control panel to operate the fleet of systems efficiently
Work closely with the team across Application and Platform to establish best practices around usage of our data platform
Qualification
Required
Have 2+ years of experience or a proven track record in software engineering
Strong experience in backend engineering and distributed systems
Strong experience with scripting language (such as Python)
Experience with deployment and configuration management frameworks such as Terraform, Ansible, or Chef and container management systems such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS
Driven by creating positive impact for our customers and Benchling's business, and ultimately accelerating the pace of research in the Life Sciences
Comfortable with complexity in the short term but can build towards simplicity in the long term
Strong communicator with both words and data - you understand what it takes to go from raw data to something a human understands
Willing to work onsite in our SF office 3 days a week
Preferred
Experience with data analytics and warehouse solutions (e.g. Snowflake, Delta Lake)
Experience with data processing technologies (e.g. Kafka, Spark)
Experience with schema design
Experience with SQL
Benefits
Competitive total rewards package
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
Altimeter Capital,Franklin TempletonSequoia Capital Global EquitiesAlkeon Capital
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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