Benchling
Software Engineer, Full Stack (Process Execution)
$173K–$235K
San Francisco, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining production systems.
About the job
Build and maintain full-stack workflow products that help biotech and pharmaceutical teams design, execute, and manage scientific manufacturing processes, including integration with AI-assisted work.
What you'll do
- Develop features across the workflow engine, Recipes, and Assays, including backend services and frontend products.
- Contribute to workflow data modeling and build products on the orchestration engine.
- Collaborate with AI Agents, product, and design teams; write and review tested code and participate in on-call support.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining production systems.
- Full-stack experience with backend (Python or similar) and frontend (React or equivalent).
- Willingness to use AI-assisted development tools as a primary way of working.
- Willing to work onsite in the San Francisco office three days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday).
Nice to have
- Experience with workflow engines, orchestration systems, or similar data-flow platforms; familiarity with regulated software environments (GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, or similar).
- Experience in enterprise B2B SaaS; background in React, Python and PostgreSQL.
Pay
$173,369 – $234,557 (base salary)
Tools
Python, React, PostgreSQL, Cloud agents, Cursor, Claude Code
AI focus
Integrate AI agents with the workflow engine and its products to enable AI-assisted scientific work; use AI-assisted development tools as a core workflow.
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