Remote Senior Manager, Engineering Pipelines

Summary

Join Natera as a Sr Engineering Manager, Pipelines and lead a software development team in a fast-growing biotech company. The team will be primarily responsible for architecting, implementing and supporting the genomics secondary analysis pipeline software engineering for one product within the Natera portfolio.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or equivalent demonstrated industry experience
• 2+ years of proven track record of building and managing high performing engineering teams
• Extensive experience building genomics secondary analysis pipeline for clinical and research use
• 5+ years of experience in software development using Java or similar language
• Proven track record of using genomics and relevant NGS analysis tools such as DNANexus, Seven Bridges, AWS, GCP, WDL, CWL, BWA/Novoalign, Variant Callers, etc
• Experience developing software in a regulated environment
• Experience in and aptitude for leading remote teams

Responsibilities

• Lead
• Build and lead successful high-performing teams
• Provide technical leadership for software development engineers, both onsite and remote, to ensure on-time, on-budget development of high-quality software
• Own technical design, architecture and implementation of genomics secondary analysis pipelines supporting thousands of samples a month for one existing product in Natera portfolio
• Collaborate with leads working in other products to identify similarities and drive standardization and efficiencies
• Work close with 3rd party vendors to ensure the overall solution meets the aggressive business demands including performance, scalability, cost, security and regulatory compliance, etc
• Drive implementation of the best engineering practices
• Contribute to release planning and management for one product’s pipeline software
• Manage multiple ongoing projects
• Work closely with project managers and technical product managers to understand requirements, size development effort, assign resources, identify dependencies and agree on schedule
• Communicate issues and risks to project managers and participate in activities such as root cause analysis, lessons learned among others
• Nurture
• Guide the career development of team members, nurture their technical and interpersonal skills
• Provide continuous individual performance feedback focused on recognition of achievement and opportunities for growth
• Collaborate
• Build and maintain ongoing strong working relationships with stakeholders, focus on building effective communication channels
• Facilitate collaboration among cross-functional development teams, software quality engineers, and product managers
• Effect change
• Provide feedback to management and initiate change to optimize software development processes with a focus on quality, innovation, and efficient product delivery

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more