Data Engineer - Lab Informatics

We are looking for a talented Data Engineer with expertise in analytics engineering, data transformation, and business intelligence to support the company’s data initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining SQL-based analytics pipelines, ensuring clean and versioned data products, and enabling business teams with insights and visualizations. This role will focus on managing analytics infrastructure, driving data quality, and delivering structured datasets and dashboards that support clinical, operational, and business decision-making

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize SQL-based data pipelines to support analytics and reporting.
• Design, build, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using AWS QuickSight to provide business insights.
• Partner with stakeholders to deliver data products that align with organizational goals and requirements.
• Own and enhance analytics infrastructure to ensure scalability, efficiency, and governance.
• Ensure data quality, validation, and anomaly detection to maintain accuracy and reliability.
• Implement data governance, lineage tracking, and best practices aligned with industry standards.
• Develop scripts and applications in Python or similar languages to automate workflows and improve operational efficiency.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation to enhance data handling workflows.
• Provide technical documentation, training, and enable self-service analytics for business users.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to support cross-functional data initiatives.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or BI development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• Expertise in SQL with proven skills in writing and optimizing complex queries.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines using Python or similar programming languages.
• Proficiency in AWS tools, including services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, and QuickSight.
• Experience building dashboards, reports, and business insights using AWS QuickSight, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of data storage strategies, including partitioning, indexing, and lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with implementing and maintaining data governance and quality processes.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling stories for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for collaboration with technical and non-technical teams.
• A proactive, team-oriented approach with a focus on delivering results.

 

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$109,200—$136,500 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