[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Natera

Role Description

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and maintenance of the LIMS application and related software. You will be one of the primary technical leads of the Software Engineering group, working to provide design solutions and general team leadership to other engineers and Technical Product Managers.

Primary 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.
• Understand LIMS platform features and propose solutions that present trade-off analysis and make best use of the platform.
• 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.

Qualifications

• 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 Python.
• 10+ years of experience with web services (REST, etc.) and relational databases.
• Experience with front-end web programming, preferably with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, etc.).
• Experience in regulated environments (CLIA/CAP, HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, GxP) and software validation practices.
• Strong relational database skills including database design, migrations, and optimization (PostgreSQL or MySQL preferred).
• Demonstrated experience leading the replacement or consolidation of legacy or disparate systems into a unified platform.

Requirements

• Experience building and configuring LIMS or other laboratory workflow software, and implementing external applications and integrations with LIMS systems, ideally in a clinical, genomics, or high-throughput setting.
• Experience integrating laboratory instruments and automation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy or similar ORM).
• JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Relational Database and SQL Programming, prefer PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• REST APIs and Event-Driven Microservice Architecture.
• Messaging and event streaming (SQS/SNS, Pub/Sub, Kafka).
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, etc.).
• Docker or container-oriented technologies.

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• 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.
• Generous employee referral program.

Company Description

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers, and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.