Benchling

biotech

EngineeringLeader,Infrastructure

$226–306k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Engineering Leader, Infrastructure at Benchling. Skills: Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, People Leadership, AWS. Lead and grow a team. Own delivery and outcomes for initiatives”

What You'll Achieve.

improve reliability; scalability; security; developer productivity; cost; security posture; compliance-aligned engineering practices; reliability improvements; incident response; traceable; auditable; appropriately controlled

Industry & Context.

biotech
Eligibility Requirements

on-site 3 days per week

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of people leadership experience, direct, hands-on experience in software engineering and infrastructure/platform engineering, Production experience operating on AWS (e.g., EKS/ECS, RDS, VPC, EC2, S3), building scalable internal platforms, experience with Kubernetes, services-platform patterns, Experience building or evolving observability and operational tooling, Ability to collaborate across teams and influence without written and verbal communication, Comfort working in a stack largely in Python, TypeScript in the broader ecosystem

Nice to Have

Direct ownership of incident management programs, Experience managing or partnering closely with SRE teams, Experience in regulated environments (GxP, biotech, healthcare, finance)

What You'll Do.

Own delivery and outcomes for initiatives

Drive reliability improvements

Strengthen incident response

Build and evolve cloud foundations

Partner cross-functionally

Operate in a regulated environment

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work closely across Infrastructure and Platform; partnering with product engineering teams; collaboration across teams; influence without written and verbal communication; Partner cross-functionally with Platform Engineering, Security, and Product Engineering; collaboration

Communication Scope

written and verbal communication

Full Job Description

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 Benchling is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a team within Infrastructure Engineering. This is a highly technical leadership role for someone with hands-on experience building modern cloud infrastructure and services platforms, paired with strong people leadership. You’ll work closely across Infrastructure and Platform. You'll be partnering with product engineering teams and other leaders to improve reliability, scalability, security, and developer productivity in a regulated environment. We’re specifically looking for a leader with a software engineering and infrastructure background, not just operations. Experience with incident management and managing SRE teams is a plus.   RESPONSIBILITIES

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