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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Ai, Inc
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Web Application Frameworks, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-agents-benchling-com-9926916

## About the Role

* 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, building and maintaining production systems.
 * Experience across the stack, comfort working with backend systems (Python or similar languages) and modern frontend frameworks (React or equivalent).
 * Strong product sense, with the ability to iterate quickly and refine solutions based on user feedback and data.
 * Curiosity and excitement about LLMs and AI agents, and a desire to shape how they can transform scientific research.
 * Collaborative mindset, able to work closely with engineers, product managers, and scientists to bring new ideas to life.
 * Desire to work in a fast-paced environment, where priorities can shift and rapid experimentation is encouraged.
 * Interest in learning about biotechnology (no prior knowledge required, just a willingness to learn and adapt).

## Description

* Build end-to-end AI agents, prototyping and productionizing systems that automate scientific work, from experiment design to data analysis and reporting.
 * Work directly with customers to ideate use cases, gather feedback, build evaluations, and onboard scientific teams.
 * Engineer across the stack, from developing new LLM-powered primitives to shipping intuitive user interfaces inside Benchling's applications.
 * Continuously improve our agent platform, contributing to frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure that accelerate future agent development.
 * Shape how we build AI at Benchling, driving experimentation, contributing to technical direction, and helping evolve our engineering and product development practices as the field matures.


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