Senior Software Engineer / DevOps

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY :

We are seeking a skilled Senior Software Engineer who excels at collaboratively solving complex problems. If you take ownership of your work, think strategically, and have a proven track record of implementing solutions while adapting to constraints and minimizing risks, we encourage you to apply. Strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills, and a desire to thrive in a dynamic environment are essential. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our Engineering Team, Product Managers, and Designers to develop innovative experiences for our internal stakeholders, primarily focusing on creating a custom lab software solution for a high-throughput laboratory.

This is a remote position with regular travel to the San Carlos, California, or Austin, Texas offices.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design, develop, and maintain scalable services that support the diverse activities of a high-throughput laboratory.

Develop both front-end and back-end applications.

Implement and manage CI / CD pipelines using GitLab.

Develop comprehensive unit tests to ensure high code quality.

Provide production support to lab users

Perform code reviews and mentor the development team with best practices.

Work closely with stakeholders to define requirements, and transform into highly scalable and reliable, developer-friendly microservices APIs

Design, build and maintain highly sustainable systems to support our business applications.

Continue improving process and procedure and evangelizing best practices.

Be a contributing team member to the end-to-end execution of compliance initiatives.

Be responsible for practicing technical design, developing new functionality and maintaining existing components.

This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job.

Must complete training relating to HIPAA / PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire.

Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS

BS degree in computer science, comparable program, or equivalent

7+ years of overall software development experience, preferably building complex data or process management applications in production

Experience with object-oriented programming in Java, preferably using open-source frameworks such as Spring Frameworks and Hibernate

Experience with web services (REST, etc)

Solid understanding of relational databases and proficiency in SQL programming, with a preference for MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).

Proficiency in leveraging AWS services, including Lambda, RDS, and S3.

Proficiency in messaging frameworks such as Kafka.

Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Typescript, JavaScript, etc.)

Experience with micro-service enterprise architecture, cross-platform integration, and building scalable applications in heterogeneous environments

Strong quality assurance mindset with a commitment to delivering robust and reliable software.

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, coupled with excellent interpersonal skills enabling effective interaction with stakeholders at all levels.

NICE TO HAVE :

Experience building custom Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) or Laboratory Execution Systems (LES).

Experience with configurable Laboratory Information Management Systems such as LabVantage

Collaborate closely with end-users and product managers to iterate on requirements and deliverables.

Optimize architecture and infrastructure on the AWS cloud platform for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

Proactively monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, conduct thorough root cause analysis, and implement enhancements to improve efficiency and reliability.

Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in software engineering and actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.

Remote USA

$125,600—$157,000 USD

OUR OPPORTUNITY

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.

WHAT WE OFFER

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!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents.

Link : https : / / www.natera.com / notice -of-data-collection-california-residents /

Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.

For more information :

• BBB announcement on job scams
• FBI Cyber Crime resource page