Supervisor, Clinical Data Software Management

Summary

Join Natera as a Supervisor, Clinical Data Software Management and oversee all clinical data management and data software engineering operations. You will support the implementation and design of data schemas, data modeling, and data ingestion pipelines. Provide immediate supervision to staff, serve as a subject matter expert in cross-functional meetings, and translate technical plans into operational processes. Oversee design alternatives, code reviews, and software verification, while also writing software specifications and analyzing/fixing defects. You will create unit tests, write SQL, Python, and ETL code, leverage AWS services, and create data marts. Conduct performance evaluations and provide support in hiring and onboarding.

Requirements

• BS degree in computer science, comparable program, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of overall software development experience, preferably building complex data or process management applications
• Experience working with SQL databases (Postgres, Snowflake, Redshift, Athena), SQL, and ETL
• Must have experience with applications such as Excel/Macros, Quicksight and Tableau or similar applications
• Must have experience working with AWS services like Redshift and S3
• Experience in manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large datasets
• Knowledge of data management fundamentals and data storage principles
• Experience building/operating highly available, distributed systems of data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets
• Proven success in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe data modeling decisions and data engineering strategy
• Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring other engineers for best practices on software engineering
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, coding standards, code reviews, source management, build processes, testing, and operations

Responsibilities

• Function as the front-line supervisor to all clinical data management and data software engineering/analyst staff. Oversee and take accountability for all daily operations
• Serve as a subject matter expert by participating in cross-functional meetings to ensure appropriate consideration of technical requirements to develop reliable and extensible operations-friendly applications, services, solutions, data pipelines, or reports
• Translate technical plans into operational processes at the staff level and effectively guide team execution to reduce delays in meeting project budgets, goals, and timelines
• Oversee and manage the design alternatives, architectural proposals, code reviews, software, applications, services, solutions, data pipelines, and reports verification, and provide timeline recommendations to the Director
• Write software specifications based on product requirements and design and implement software components
• Analyze and fix defects identified within applications, services, solutions, data pipelines, or reports
• Create unit tests and coordinate testing within the Clinical Data Software Management team, and all relevant cross-functional teams
• Write SQL, Python, and ETL code to query raw and structured clinical and genomic data for various clinical data management activities
• Leverage AWS services and tools to design, deploy, and manage scalable data pipelines, storage solutions, and processing workflows in a cloud-native environment
• Create data marts, including performing data transformation and de-identifying, maintaining, and automating/optimizing Airflow
• Perform code reviews, provide relevant and timely recommendations and suggestions for solutions to the leadership team, and, when appropriate, independently implement solutions
• Continuously identify and lead the implementation of department/organization policies, procedures, and best practices
• Conduct performance 1:1s, performance evaluations, and five feedback focusing on growth
• Provide supervisor support in hiring and onboarding new hires
• Build and oversee the development of automated solutions department KPIs and track Data Management & Software Engineering team KPIs
• Build and maintain ongoing working relationships with stakeholders, focusing on building effective communication channels
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently, with little to no direction, and as part of a team
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• In-depth attention to detail and a fast learner
• Experience working with startup companies and respond to shifting priorities and changes, along with experience working in regulated environments is a plus
• Ability to interact with various levels of staff and external customers
• Possess a high level of initiative and self-motivation
• Basic medical terminology familiarity
• Experience with object oriented programming languages
• Ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to understand complex data structures
• AWS or other cloud infrastructure experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Openness to new ideas, programming, and design paradigms
• Commitment to diversity in engineering
• Healthcare IT experience

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!