Software Engineer, New Grad (2026)

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.

We’re hiring New Grad Software Engineers to join our 2026 class in San Francisco. As a new grad at Benchling, you’ll have real ownership from day one—building, scaling, and shaping the systems that power our platform and products. Depending on your interests and background, you’ll join either our platform and infrastructure teams (driving scalability, reliability, and performance) or our product and application teams (delivering high-impact features that advance the future of life sciences R&D). You’ll work alongside experienced engineers and technical leads who are passionate about mentorship and engineering excellence—helping you grow rapidly as you make meaningful contributions to a product used by scientists around the world.

• Work with and learn from a strong team of engineers. We grow our new grads through mentorship and ownership.

• Own projects end-to-end, from initial design, to prototype, to large-scale rollout. You might:

  • Design and implement backend models and API endpoints for complex scientific workflows.

  • Design and implement rich frontend components and architecture. We build and operate one of the largest, richest React applications out there and power complex scientific analyses.

  • Design and build a platform framework or infrastructure tool for other Benchling engineers to use.

• Work closely with product managers, designers, marketing, and sales to ensure that we’re building the right thing.

• Help rapidly scale our product and team. As a member of the engineering team, you'll be an integral part of how we mature our tooling, best practices, engineering processes, and hiring.

Check out our engineering blog and product overview for some examples of past work and current projects.

Must haves:

• Current enrollment in a BS/MS degree in computer science and/or STEM field with an expected graduation date of Summer 2026, and a target start date of Summer 2026.

• A prior software engineering internship or similar experience.

• Strong abilities in problem solving and iterating on feedback.

• A desire to have ownership over building key pieces of product and/or platform.

• A product-first approach to building software. You ship code quickly and care about the real world impact of your code.

Nice to haves:

• Passion for learning about life science.

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).

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 $144,000.

Total Compensation includes the following:

• Competitive total rewards package

• 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

• Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees

• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents

• Monthly Wellness stipend

• Learning and development stipend

• Generous and flexible vacation

• Company-wide Winter holiday shutdown

• Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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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.