Agentic AI Engineer

Benchling

Founding engineer shaping technical direction and architecture for agentic AI systems at Benchling. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to build AI-driven biotechnology solutions.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $176,000 - $265,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoJavaScriptNode.jsPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define the foundational architecture for enterprise agentic AI at Benchling.
Write production code at least half your time, particularly during the team's first year.
Design for multi-tenant isolation, secrets management, audit logging, payload encryption, and human-in-the-loop controls.
Coach power users and departmental teams on production patterns.
Work closely with Data, Analytics & Systems team peers on essential datasets and pipelines.
Set the bar for code quality, testing, evaluation, documentation, and on-call practices.
Mentor engineers on the team and other AI builders across the company.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems, with strong systems design fundamentals.
Hands-on experience building production systems that integrate with LLMs and/or agentic patterns.
Demonstrated understanding of how to optimize workloads across deterministic and non-deterministic capabilities.
Production experience with at least two of: Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go.
Hands-on expertise with LLM APIs, agentic frameworks, RAG over business content, vector databases, workflow automation, and LLM observability and evaluation tooling.
Track record of going from zero to one: a platform, function, or product area you built up from scratch.
Experience operating in regulated or security-sensitive environments.
Solid grasp of enterprise security fundamentals.
Comfortable exercising technical leadership independent of positional authority.
Build software with a product-first approach.
Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Interest in learning more about life science (prior knowledge is not required).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, 401(k)+ employer match, wellness, commuter, and more.
Market-based pay approach depending on job-related skills, experience, and location.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsystems designPythonTypeScriptNode.jsGoLLM APIsagentic frameworksvector databasesworkflow automation

Soft Skills

coachingmentoringtechnical leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingdocumentationevaluationon-call practicesproduct-first approach