Benchling
Software Engineer, Agents
$194K–$265K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Build and ship AI agents that automate scientific work, from experiment design and data analysis to reporting, within Benchling’s scientific applications.
What you'll do
- Develop end-to-end AI agents and improve the platform, frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure used to build them.
- Work with customers to identify use cases, gather feedback, build evaluations, and onboard scientific teams.
- Build across the stack, from LLM-powered backend capabilities to user interfaces, and contribute to technical direction.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining production systems.
- Experience with backend systems (Python or similar languages) and modern frontend frameworks (React or equivalent).
- Strong product sense and ability to iterate based on user feedback and data.
- Collaborative mindset and interest in LLMs, AI agents, and learning about biotechnology.
Pay
$194,369 – $265,388 (base salary)
Tools
Python, React
AI focus
Build AI agents to automate scientific work, including experiment design, data capture, analysis, and reporting; develop LLM-powered capabilities and agent infrastructure.
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