Benchling

Huge impact: Much of lab biology is still done on paper or in legacy software, and bringing it onto a modern system speeds up work by orders of magnitude. Our customers range from major pharma companies to small biotech startups to academic labs, and we have the potential to truly revolutionize the space.

Nerdy culture: Most customer-facing roles, like sales and CX, require a biology background. Therefore, nearly everyone at Benchling is either an engineer or a scientist, which truly lends itself to a nerdy and scientifically-minded company culture.

Openness: Transparency and collaboration are highly valued. There are regular AMAs with the executive team, and stopping by people's desks to ask questions is highly encouraged.

Company trajectory: We've been in hypergrowth for a few years now, and it really looks like we are on a path to being a successful company in the long term.

Inclusion and empathy: Everyone is generally kind, social, and empathetic. There is a focus on ensuring a comfortable work environment for people of all identities and backgrounds. We have affinity groups for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women that meet regularly and host company-wide outreach events.

Can be high-pressure: We sometimes work to tight deadlines, and a downside of doing high-impact work is that it is actually important to get it right. I've never been required to work weekends or long hours, but sometimes I have to in order to hit deadlines.

Growing pains: We're in hypergrowth, and there's basically always at least one process that has not caught up to our size and is causing difficulties. We notice and resolve these relatively quickly, but by the time one is resolved, another one has arisen just because we are growing so quickly.

Pandemic WFH is getting old, but that's true in all software jobs right now.