Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, as a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and maintenance of the LIMS application and related software. You will be a primary technical lead, providing design solutions and team leadership to other engineers and Technical Product Managers. This role involves working closely with stakeholders and users to define requirements, translating them into reliable and extensible applications in Java, and making key design and technical implementation decisions. You will have a holistic view of processes and systems involved in patient sample management, leveraging existing functionality and integrating other enterprise systems to create seamless business processes. You will also contribute to improving development processes, developing automated tests, and providing second-tier production support.

Requirements

• BS degree in computer science, comparable program, or equivalent
• 10+ years of overall software development experience, preferably building complex data or process management applications in production
• 10 + years of experience with object-oriented programming in Java, preferably using open-source frameworks such as Spring Frameworks and Hibernate
• 10+ years of experience with web services (REST, etc), XML/JSON, and Oracle or other relational databases
• Excellent communication
• Commitment to diversity in engineering
• Object Oriented Programming
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Spring Framework
• REST API and Event-Driven Microservice Architectures
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Docker or container-oriented technologies
• Relational Database and SQL Programming, prefer MySQL or PostgreSQL
• AWS Services, such as SQS, S3 and SNS
• CI / CD
• Quality Assurance Mindset
• Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills

Responsibilities

• Work closely with stakeholders and users to define requirements
• Translate requirements into reliable and extensible operations-friendly applications in Java
• Work with an engineering team to make key design and technical implementation decisions
• Have a holistic view of processes and systems involved in taking patient samples from order to result in a multi-product clinical laboratory
• Leverage off-the-shelf or existing functionality whenever possible so development resources can be focused on unmet needs
• Integrate other enterprise systems and services to create seamless business processes
• Improve development process and procedure and evangelize best practices
• Develop and maintain automated tests
• Provide second-tier production support

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing, configuring, and implementing external applications and integrations with a LabVantage LIMS application
• Experience in configuration and customization of commercial off-the-shelf product LIMS system to support order to result workflows
• Experience with front-end web programming, preferably with modern JavaScript frameworks (react, angular, etc.)
• Healthcare IT experience
• Familiarity with regulated environments

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
• We also offer a generous employee referral program!