Exciting times for product and engineering, with growing pains and opportunities elsewhere
Exciting times for product and engineering, with growing pains and opportunities elsewhere
The caliber of the people here is outstanding -- truly some of the kindest, funniest, most curious, and smartest people I've ever worked with. And this is across all functions: engineering, product, customer-facing, marketing, sales, etc.
More specifically, this is an exciting time to be part of Benchling's product and engineering teams. We've recently picked up executives from the top tech platform and biotech firms, who really understand the value of building for long-term success. There are lots of great scaling challenges, and we have been given the budget to really invest in the right solution. Add to that some stellar teammates (see above), and it makes for a fun place to hammer out some 1s and 0s.
As you can see from other reviews around this time (and hopefully this will be seen as a historical artifact), departments outside of product and engineering are in a transition stage. New management and rough market conditions make for some stressful times.
High pressure, office politics, etc. This sucks.
Pay attention to the culture, grow in a sustainable way.
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Benchling Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
HR and recruiting were organized and very accommodating. I liked how they prioritized the product demo and talked about the teams that they were hiring for. It was a typical process: code screening then more involved coding rounds. It's hard to te
Software Engineer
* Unconventional, challenging problems that relate to problems Benchling has solved, some with a basis in biology. * Lunch with the team. * People were friendly, genuine, and excited to answer questions. * Opportunity to talk with the co-founders.
Software Engineer
The interview process was great. However, if you do not complete the tech assessment, they would not consider your application, even when you communicated your ideas clearly and partially solved the coding challenge.
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesApril 1, 2022HR and recruiting were organized and very accommodating. I liked how they prioritized the product demo and talked about the teams that they were hiring for. It was a typical process: code screening then more involved coding rounds. It's hard to te
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 30, 2018* Unconventional, challenging problems that relate to problems Benchling has solved, some with a basis in biology. * Lunch with the team. * People were friendly, genuine, and excited to answer questions. * Opportunity to talk with the co-founders.
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 22, 2023The interview process was great. However, if you do not complete the tech assessment, they would not consider your application, even when you communicated your ideas clearly and partially solved the coding challenge.
