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
As the Web Developer in the Marketing team at Benchling, you'll be the architect behind dynamic web experiences that draw in, engage, and convert visitors to Benchling.com. This role includes a combination of front-end, back-end and design responsibilities for developing new web experiences and managing our CMS and back-end infrastructure.
You'll collaborate closely with marketers across the team to craft a world-class web presence that is not only visually compelling but also optimized for performance and aligned with our business goals. Your work will be critical in ensuring our website drives measurable success, from seamless user journeys to hitting key KPIs.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build easy-to-use and performant websites serving multiple partners across marketing and design
- Participate in the full development lifecycle, including estimation, design, development, testing, and deployment
- Collaborate with our Creative team to develop website designs and page components that provide an amazing web experience
- Build responsive and optimized pages and page templates in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and nextJS.
- Continually improve the CMS authoring experience to simplify and fast-track the creation of web content pieces
- Manage tools integrations that allow us to track website performance across the marketing lifecycle
- Implement technical SEO fixes and recommendations
- Manage our web hosting platform. Make necessary updates and improvements for optimal performance.
- Review and respond to operational issues, escalating as necessary
- Share regular release notes with technical and content/messaging updates
QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of experience in full stack web development and design
- Proficiency using HTML/CSS/Javascript/GraphQL
- Experience working with modern front-end UI frameworks. Next.js preferred
- Strong experience developing within a headless CMS. Contentful preferred.
- Experience with best practices in code standards and working in a code repo (linting, code reviews, branching strategies, CICD)
- Experience working with design teams to bring to life UI/UX designs and components
- Solid understanding of usability, responsive design, testing, and technical SEO
- Experience working with APIs and integrating 3rd party tools/services
- Experience with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and other technologies that track marketing data.
- Familiarity with marketing automation tools such as Marketo.
- Proven track record of taking product goals and requirements and delivering business solutions
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
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 $112,000 - $152,000.
To help you determine which zone applies to your location, please see this resource. If you have questions regarding a specific location's zone designation, please contact a recruiter for additional information.
Total Compensation includes the following:
- Competitive salary and equity
- Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
- Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
- Four months of fully paid parental leave
- 401(k) + Employer Match
- Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
- Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
- Monthly Wellness stipend
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous and flexible vacation
- Company-wide Summer & Winter holiday shutdown
- Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries
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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.
Please be aware that Benchling will never request personal information, payment, or sensitive details outside of Greenhouse or via email. All official communications will come from an @benchling.com email address or from an approved vendor alias. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent Benchling and are unsure of their legitimacy, please reach out to us at [email protected] to verify the communication.
