Engineering Leader

Delivery Infrastructure

Updated on 1/31/2023

Locations

San Francisco, CA, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

AWS

Management

Terraform

Kubernetes

Ansible

Chef

Requirements

3+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineering Manager, with proven skills in scaling their teams
3+ years of experience as a software engineer or an SRE
A track record of building out or significantly improving CI/CD pipelines
Experience with deployment and configuration management frameworks such as Terraform, Ansible, or Chef, and with containers and container management systems such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS
A strong understanding of cloud computing, virtualization, and microservices architectures
Willing to work onsite in our SF office 3 days a week

Responsibilities

Manage and hire engineers for the team that is responsible for all of Benchling's software lifecycle processes
Extend and improve the existing CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling to deliver software faster and with a high degree of reliability
Work closely with the Developer Productivity team and the Applications teams to enable developers to independently provision and scale new microservices for Benchling's SaaS products
Build the tooling and automation to ensure that Benchling's standard Cloud offering is continually deployed, and that Benchling's Validated Cloud product is deployed on a quarterly basis in accordance with Benchling's change management procedures
Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
Facilitate resolution of deployment problems
Manage and execute deployment activities for each sprint
Trace complex build problems, release issues, and environmental issues
Make Benchling a great place to work by actively supporting career development, growth, and mentoring of individuals, and by fostering a fun and inclusive team where everyone feels welcome

Desired Qualifications

Experience with AWS is a plus
A bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, is a plus

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

Bringing scientists’ cutting-edge science to market requires software that ships fast and reliably, and meets the quality guidelines to ensure it is safe and meets its intended use. Benchling is increasing our use of microservices, and our SaaS products ship in multiple release trains. As the Manager of the Software Lifecycle team, you will be responsible for the speed, reliability, and security with which Benchling’s SaaS products are built and shipped to where they need to go.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage and hire engineers for the team that is responsible for all of Benchling’s software lifecycle processes
Extend and improve the existing CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling to deliver software faster and with a high degree of reliability
Work closely with the Developer Productivity team and the Applications teams to enable developers to independently provision and scale new microservices for Benchling’s SaaS products
Build the tooling and automation to ensure that Benchling’s standard Cloud offering is continually deployed, and that Benchling’s Validated Cloud product is deployed on a quarterly basis in accordance with Benchling’s change management procedures
Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
Facilitate resolution of deployment problems
Manage and execute deployment activities for each sprint
Trace complex build problems, release issues, and environmental issues
Make Benchling a great place to work by actively supporting career development, growth, and mentoring of individuals, and by fostering a fun and inclusive team where everyone feels welcome

QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineering Manager, with proven skills in scaling their teams
3+ years of experience as a software engineer or an SRE
A track record of building out or significantly improving CI/CD pipelines
Experience with deployment and configuration management frameworks such as Terraform, Ansible, or Chef, and with containers and container management systems such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS
A strong understanding of cloud computing, virtualization, and microservices architectures
Experience with AWS is a plus
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, is a plus
Willing to work onsite in our SF office 3 days a week.

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 $186,575 to $252,425.

Total Compensation includes the following:

Competitive salary and equity
100% premiums covered for health, dental, and vision for employees
Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
Four months of fully paid parental leave
401(k) + Employer Match
Commuter benefits
Home office stipend
Mental health benefits + Wellness stipend
Learning and development stipend
Generous PTO
Company-wide winter and summer holiday shutdown
Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

#LI-SS1

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.

For applicants for U.S.-based roles only:All new hires in the United States are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to provide proof of vaccination prior to their first day of employment. If you are unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons, we will explore potential reasonable accommodations; however, Benchling may not be able to grant such accommodations in all cases if doing so would cause undue hardship.

501-1,000 employees

Website

Cloud platform for life science R&D

Company Overview

Benchling's mission is to accelerate life science for the benefit of humanity. The company is building a modern R&D software for biotechnology research.

Benefits

Four months of fully paid parental leave
401(k) plan
Remote working stipend
Yearly company-wide retreat
Monthly gym and wellness stipend
Commuter benefits
100% premiums covered for health, dental, and vision
Weekly company social events
Flexible PTO and company-wide winter holiday shutdown

Company Core Values

Build a Lever - We choose to build tools and infrastructure that will help others make world-changing innovations.
Empower through Information - We believe that sharing information builds trust and enables better decision-making.
Rely on Tenacity - Dreaming big isn’t enough. We must make the most of every day by bringing the highest level of determination to our work.
Raise the Bar - We’re dedicated to creating a place where everyone feels challenged to improve.