🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll build end-to-end AI agents for biotech R&D, automating scientific workflows from experiment design to data analysis. Your core impact will be shipping intuitive interfaces for agents within Benchling's platform, working directly with customers to iterate rapidly. This role stands out for shaping how AI is built at Benchling in a fast-paced, customer-obsessed environment.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Build end-to-end AI agents, prototyping and productionizing systems that automate scientific work.
• Work directly with customers to ideate use cases, gather feedback, and onboard scientific teams.
• Engineer across the stack, from LLM-powered primitives to intuitive user interfaces.
• Continuously improve the agent platform, contributing to frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure.

📋 Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems.
• Experience across the stack: backend systems (Python or similar) and modern frontend frameworks (React or equivalent).
• Strong product sense with ability to iterate quickly based on user feedback and data.
• Curiosity and excitement about LLMs and AI agents and their potential in scientific research.

✨ Nice to Have

• Interest in learning about biotechnology (no prior knowledge required).
• Collaborative mindset, able to work closely with engineers, product managers, and scientists.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💰 Competitive salary with equity.
• 🏖️ Flexible PTO (not specified in listing, but common for similar roles).
• 🏥 Health insurance (common for tech roles).
• 📚 Learning and development opportunities.
• 🍱 Free meals in office.

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter Screen· 45 min
2. 2Technical Interview· 60 min
3. 3AI-focused Exercise/Discussion· 60 min
4. 4Onsite Interviews· 4 hours

🚩 Heads Up

• Monday through Friday in-office requirement could be demanding.
• Role involves multiple responsibilities (agents, customer work, platform improvements) which may spread focus.
• No mention of remote flexibility despite listing 'Hybrid' workplace type.