Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Natera as a Staff Software Engineer and collaborate with Research and Development teams to provide essential tools and support. You will define requirements with stakeholders, automate processes, develop and deploy infrastructure tooling, and support R&D studies. This role requires extensive experience in software development, cloud computing, and various programming languages. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication skills and a commitment to diversity. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, as well as free testing for employees and their families. The salary range is $136,300 - $170,400 USD.

Requirements

• MS 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
• 5+ years of experience in Python and another high-level programming language such as Java, R or Ruby
• 5+ years of experience with web services (REST, etc), XML/JSON, and Oracle or other relational databases
• 5+ years of experience in cloud computing infrastructure
• Excellent communication
• Commitment to diversity in engineering

Responsibilities

• Work closely with stakeholders and users to define requirements
• Assist with build and packaging automation, including CI/CD, version control, branch and tagging maintenance, and dependency management
• Development, deployment and support of infrastructure tooling; including computing cluster orchestration, cloud migration, and documentation as code
• Automation of cloud-based batch jobs, including command-line pipeline instrumentation
• Support R&D focused studies on cloud platforms and Research Use Only (RUO) partnerships
• Machine Learning operations, including experiment tracking and data management, versioning, and governance
• 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 Research and Development processes and procedures and evangelize best practices in infrastructure utilization

Preferred Qualifications

• Bioinformatics expertise
• Background in Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Experience in the healthcare industry
• Familiarity with regulated environments

Benefits

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