Staff Software Engineer, Scientific Computing

As a Staff Software Engineer in the Scientific Computing group, you will liaise with the Research and Development organization, including the Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Data Science teams, and ensure that they have the necessary tools, processes and support to perform their work unobstructed by any infrastructure limitations.

PRIMARY 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

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Machine Learning frameworks

• Cloud Computing

• Python

• CI / CD

• REST APIs and other Web service backend technologies

• Relational Database and SQL Programming

NICE TO HAVE: 

• Bioinformatics expertise

• Background in Molecular Biology and Genetics

• Experience in the healthcare industry

• Familiarity with regulated environments

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$136,300—$170,400 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.

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

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- BBB announcement on job scams 
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