Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join Natera as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer and become part of a collaborative team developing a scalable platform for next-generation clinical assays. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and architecting software products for the clinical laboratory, contributing to R&D, bioinformatics, and high-performance computing. This position requires expertise in AWS and Kubernetes, focusing on building robust and scalable infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development and a passion for creating reliable software solutions that directly impact patient care. The role involves designing and implementing the AWS and Kubernetes platform, architecting and automating scalable infrastructure, and maintaining operational excellence and cost optimization. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, free testing for employees and their families, fertility care benefits, and more.

Requirements

• BS degree in computer science or equivalent program
• 7+ years of software development experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM)
• Expert-level Terraform skills, including module development and state management
• Experience with EKS, Karpenter, and Kubernetes operators
• Expertise in AWS security best practices and compliance frameworks
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools
• Knowledge of cost allocation tags and AWS Cost Explorer
• Experience with infrastructure validation and testing
• Strong scripting skills in Python or Bash
• Experience with: Terraform, AWS CDK
• EKS, Karpenter, Helm
• AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail
• Vault or AWS Secrets Manager
• Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
• AWS Organizations and IAM
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Terratest for infrastructure validation

Responsibilities

• Design and implement our AWS and Kubernetes platform
• Architect and automate scalable, secure infrastructure that supports our bioinformatics workflows while maintaining operational excellence and cost optimization

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
• 401k benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Generous employee referral program