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How Ginkgo Bioworks hires

Truth index
C 67/100
Ghost roles
56%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

Ginkgo Bioworks scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 18 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 56% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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Overview

Ginkgo Bioworks operates automated foundries for designing and testing engineered organisms. Partners use its platform to develop enzymes, materials and agricultural biologicals. The company also built a biosecurity monitoring business.

News

News YahooFinance 7 days ago
Ginkgo Bioworks to Provide Autonomous Lab Access to NSF X-Labs Researchers, Contributing Cloud Lab Time and Protein Testing Services to $1.5 Billion Breakthrough Science Program
BOSTON, October 08, 2026--Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) today announced that it will provide in-kind access to its autonomous laboratory in Boston to support the National Science Foundation's X-Labs program. Ginkgo's support was announced today by Michael K
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News YahooFinance 8 days ago
Araceli Biosciences and Ginkgo Bioworks Bring Cellular Imaging at Scale to Nebula
Araceli Biosciences and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) today announced the integration of Araceli
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News Pulse 2.0 30 days ago
Ginkgo Bioworks To Build Autonomous Lab At Novo's New U.S. R&D Site In Waltham
Ginkgo Bioworks has been selected to build an autonomous laboratory at Novo's new research and development site in Waltham, Massachusetts, expanding a multi-year relationship between the biotechnology companies.
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Press release The Globe and Mail 2 months ago
Ginkgo Bioworks Earnings Call Balances Progress, Pressure
Detailed price information for Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA-N) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Ginkgo Bioworks over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
42
Postings analysed
14
Stack modernity
92/100AI adopter
Languages
Python71%
TypeScript21%
C#14%
JavaScript14%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js14%
LangChain14%
Databases
PostgreSQL14%
BigQuery7%
ClickHouse7%
Google BigQuery7%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes21%
AWS21%
.NET14%
Apache Kafka14%
AI & ML
LLM36%
ChatGPT7%
Claude7%
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Full Ginkgo Bioworks tech stack 42 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$162k
Typical range
$54k – $290k
Open positions
14
14 Jobs
Intern 28.6%
Middle 28.6%
Senior 28.6%
Staff 7.1%
Architect 7.1%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 4 $54k $54k – $64k
Middle 4 $140k $120k – $217k
Senior 4 $190k $190k – $290k
Staff 1 $165k $165k
Architect 1 $274k $274k
Highest paying role Senior Director, Multiomics $290k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Ginkgo Bioworks By role, level and city, against the market · 14 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
55/100
Growing
Open positions
18
1 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
86 days
faster than 16% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Science & Research
22% ▲
Industrial Engineering
22% ▲
Backend
11% ▲
Robotics
11% ▼
Product
11% ▼
Legal
11% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added TCP/IP to stack Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026
Added Shopify to stack Sep 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack Sep 2026
Added BigQuery to stack Sep 2026
Added Tool Use to stack Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack Sep 2026
Added Embeddings to stack Sep 2026
Added Snowflake to stack Sep 2026
Added OPC UA to stack Sep 2026
Added Google BigQuery to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
11
Hiring now
2
Countries
5
Busiest office
Boston
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Boston United States
HQ
Boston Drydock
16 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 200-500 est. staff $144k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Science & Research, Industrial Engineering
seen since Jan 2026 careers board, job postings
Emeryville United States
Engineering / R&D
Emeryville - 1440 Stanford Ave
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff $59k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, Robotics
seen since Jan 2026 careers board, job postings
New York United States
Regional office
NYC - 180 Varick St (Inactive)
careers board
San Francisco United States
Regional office
San Francisco (Inactive)
careers board
Taipei Taiwan
Regional office
Taiwan - Taipei (Inactive)
careers board
Basel Switzerland
Regional office
Basel (Inactive)
careers board
Cambridge United States
Regional office
Cambridge - 100 Acorn Park Drive (Inactive)
careers board
Utrecht Netherlands
Regional office
Utrecht (Inactive)
careers board
West Sacramento United States
Regional office
West Sacramento
careers board
Zeist Netherlands
Regional office
Zeist
careers board
Évry France
Regional office
Evry (Inactive)
careers board

Jobs

$112k – $160k per year • Equity • In office • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
C#
.NET
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Windows
TCP/IP
IoT
OPC UA
Management
Agile
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$86k – $120k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LangChain
Model Context Protocol
Function Calling
AI Agents
LLM
LLM Evaluation
Agentic Workflows
Tool Use
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Kubernetes
Management
Agile
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$134k – $190k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
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$134k – $190k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
TypeScript
C#
.NET
Databases
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
ClickHouse
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
AI/ML
LangChain
Model Context Protocol
Function Calling
AI Agents
LLM
LLM Evaluation
Agentic Workflows
Tool Use
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Kubernetes
TCP/IP
IoT
OPC UA
Management
Agile
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≈ $124k – $248k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Emeryville
Python
GitHub
Robotics
Path Planning
Design
SolidWorks
Management
Agile
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≈ $120k – $219k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Master's Degree • Boston
Claude
ChatGPT
Perplexity
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$86k – $120k per year • Equity • In office • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
SLI/SLO/SLA
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$134k – $190k per year • Equity • In office • 6+ years exp • Boston
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Copilot
Cursor
LLM
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
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