Engineering Leader, Molecular Biology

We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era. When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done.

Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma. We’re building an AI scientist for our customers.

We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your role.

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ROLE OVERVIEW

We’re a full-stack web application development team focused on creating powerful, intuitive tools that support a broad range of scientific workflows. From designing DNA constructs and analyzing protein sequences to performing gene editing experiments and modeling antibodies, we build the features that help scientists better plan, execute, and understand their research.

We're looking for an experienced manager to support the engineers on our Molecular Biology team within the Scientific Modalities group. We're particularly excited to hear from managers with a track record of obsessing over customer needs and product quality as they build their roadmaps and guide their team's execution.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recruit, develop, and lead a team of exceptional engineers.
• Partner closely with product and design to define roadmap and long-term product strategy.
• Hold an unreasonably high bar for product quality as the teams execute their work.
• Partner closely with engineers on each team to ensure that we make excellent technical decisions as we lay the foundations for these new products.
• Meet with customers to understand their science & what they need from Benchling.
• Contribute to engineering-wide organizational improvements as part of the management team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams. 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with experience as a technical lead on projects that involve multiple engineers across multiple quarters Managed engineering teams that were responsible for a customer-focused product.
• Managed geographically distributed teams.
• Grown high-trajectory, early-to-mid-career engineers into leaders with company-wide impact.
• Experience (and enjoy!) working directly with customers, product, design and other internal teams and stakeholders to inform your team's roadmap.
• Interest in biotech!
• HOW WE WORK We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration.
• Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday). #LI-Hybrid #BI-Hybrid #LI-GP1 Benchling welcomes everyone.
• We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences.
• We are an equal opportunity employer.
• That means we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
• We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.