Engineering Manager, Software Lifecycle
Over the coming years, biotech will fundamentally rewrite the way we live. Gene editing and cell therapy are dramatically changing how we treat cancer and other major illnesses. Biofuels and biomaterials are transforming the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, and the makeup of everyday objects. Crop science and synthetic biology are producing sustainable and ethical food. Benchling’s mission is to accelerate the research that propels us towards this reality, and magnify its impact, through modern software.
Every day, scientists around the world use Benchling’s applications, platform, & analytics in their efforts to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. For these scientists, Benchling is the central technology they use to conduct their research. Our customers include pharmaceutical giants, leading biotechs, and the world’s most renowned research institutes.
ABOUT THE ROLE
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.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- 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
ABOUT YOU
- 5+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineering Manager, with proven skills in scaling their teams
- 5+ 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
Benchling welcomes everyone. We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity and inclusion by broadening our ways of problem-solving for future challenges. Even if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications for this job, we strongly encourage you to apply.
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES
- Admit mistakes and shortcomings
- Deliver results
- Disagree and commit
- Obsess over customers
- Rely on work ethic
- Show empathy
- Recruit and develop the best
- Sweat the details
- Think and communicate clearly
- Unite around the mission
PERKS AND BENEFITS
- Work with a talented yet humble team
- Competitive compensation & equity package
- Weekly virtual social events, and annual company retreats
- 401k, Medical, dental, and vision insurance (US Employees Only)
- Monthly health & wellness stipend (Currently US Employees Only)
- Yearly educational stipend (Currently US Employees Only)
- Flexible & Generous Vacation Policy: If you feel you need a break, you can talk directly with your manager to find coverage and support while you are out of the office. Need time off to vote? We've got you covered.
- Quarterly company-wide mental health days off
- Holiday Shut-down: company-wide holiday shut-down between Christmas Even and New Years
- Major US and EMEA holidays observed
- To support remote work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Benchling provides each employee a one-time stipend of $1,000(USD) upon commencing employment, and additional discounted employee purchase plans for home-office equipment.
In following best practices and safety protocols, all Benchling employees are expected to work remotely until we are further advised that it is safe for employees to resume work in their respective office locations.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not 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.