Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Release Engineering)

Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, from the medicines we take, to the crops we grow, the materials we wear, and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology.

Benchling’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world’s most innovative biotech companies use Benchling’s R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market. 

Come help us bring modern software to modern science.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Benchling's mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world's most innovative biotech companies use Benchling's R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market. Benchling's customers generate a rich variety of science data. To keep up innovation, Benchling needs highly scalable and effective infrastructure and developer experience pipelines that can serve our internal engineers, to enable the overall mission.

The Release Engineering team owns software release at Benchling. Our responsibility spans integration and deployment of code, across both our continuous (multiple deploys per day) and validated (quarterly deployments) pipelines. We serve Benchling software engineers as our customers. Indirectly, we also serve Benchling's end users for both our Standard and Validated Cloud product offerings. 

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you'll shape our platform for agility, performance, and security. Collaborate with engineers across the Infrastructure organization to enable our software engineers to get their code into production quickly, safely, and without manual effort. Your work will be pivotal as we grow alongside our global user base, providing highly reliable and trusted infrastructure.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own technical projects end-to-end, from initial design, to planning and prototype, to rollout.
• Work closely with infrastructure, platform, and application teams to prepare our validated (quarterly) releases and patches for seamless deployments, and improve the processes around them.
• Support major product launches to Validated Cloud.
• Support engineers across Benchling to understand real time developer experience with our CI/CD pipelines. Investigate issues, risks, and cost. 
• Contribute to the next set of exciting projects on our roadmap:
• Build automation and horizontal processes to bring us closer to truly continuous delivery and progressive software delivery.
• Invest in technologies to optimize how we build and test software.
• Further the success and experience of engineers working in microservices.
• Bring our continuous and validated (quarterly) release infrastructures closer together.
• Advocate for the success of the team and for your own career, growth, and interests.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2 or more years of experience as a DevOps engineer or software engineer building infrastructure and/or internal tooling.
• Experience with deployment and configuration management frameworks such as Terraform (IaC); with CI/CD systems such as BuildKite or Jenkins; and with containers and container management systems such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS.
• Understanding of cloud computing, virtualization, and microservices architectures, and experience with major cloud platforms, especially AWS.
• Familiarity with test frameworks such as Cypress and Mocha is a plus..
• Proficiency in development and testing in Python, Java, or Go.
• Strong problem solving skills, communication skills, teamwork, and iteration on feedback.
• Enthusiastic about working onsite in our SF office 3 days a week.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

SALARY RANGE

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay.  The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $134,385 to $181,815. 

To help you determine which zone applies to your location, please see this resource. If you have questions regarding a specific location's zone designation, please contact a recruiter for additional information.

Total Compensation includes the following:

• Competitive salary and equity
• Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) + Employer Match