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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. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Scientific Development Solutions (SDS) Group is a family of engineering teams that deliver products and solutions to biologists centered on the conduct of complex lab operations; development, qualification, and execution of rigorous SOPs; analysis of complex time-series data; and biological and IT-driven workflows for sample management, analytical chemistry, and more. SDS solutions are frequently (but not exclusively) sought out by Benchling's customers with GLP / GMP regulatory concerns.
As the group lead for SDS engineering , you will be responsible for all software engineering work throughout our SDLC - specification, development, testing, deployment, and operational maintenance (SRE) work - for the Procedures, Studies, and Workflows products, split across two teams. Benchling runs an agile process and each of these various aspects of the SDLC are all typically in flight in a continuous fashion.
You will work closely with senior engineering leadership, a group-level product management counterpart, as well as engineering leaders, PMs, and designers supporting teams within your group and across the organization. Group leads typically directly manage one engineering scrum themselves (i.e., 5-10 engineers), while additional teams within the group report to other managers who will report to you. The SDS group sits within the Applications pillar of Benchling's Software Engineering dept, and you will report to the Head of Engineering for Applications along with two other senior group leaders.
In addition to the day-to-day management of the team and its execution, engineering group leads attend to more horizontal demands of the broader engineering organization and Benchling as a whole, such as setting and maintaining standards for engineering quality; running and improving our interviewing, hiring, and onboarding processes; and continuously improving our overall SDLC.
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