POSITION TITLE: Lead Software Architect
POSITION LOCATION: Austin, TX, San Carlos, CA or Remote, USA
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are looking to hire a talented Software Architect who thrives on solving complex problems in a collaborative environment. If you exhibit a strong sense of ownership and think strategically about your work; if you have demonstrated the ability to implement solutions, adjusting to constraints while mitigating risks; if you balance great technical depth with strong interpersonal skills and emphasize communication in your day-to-day work; if you are interested in applying your skills in a challenging & dynamic environment - we’d love to talk to you.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Creating solution architecture to address complex problems at scale, considering technical and business factors and the trade-offs between immediate requirements and a long-term vision for a clean and maintainable design.
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Helping drive complex technical projects from planning through execution.
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Experiment with new technologies and create prototypes for the development teams.
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Empowering distributed and remote development teams with framework implementations, knowledge sharing, and sustainable practices.
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Leading the development and adoption of strategy, frameworks, best practices, and patterns for the software development organization.
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Nurturing engineers to think with architecture and design best practices in mind, including aspects such as performance, scalability, maintainability, and security.
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Promoting and driving innovation in technologies, processes, and tools.
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Developing strategies to realize significant cost savings with reusability.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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Solid software engineering background, with 10+ years of experience developing enterprise-scale cloud-based software.
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Experience with distributed systems and decoupled solutions components/services.
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Experience developing large-scale application architectures to meet business requirements.
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Solid understanding of software quality and architectural risk assessment and mitigations.
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Excellent written and verbal communication. Consensus-building across teams is a critical part of the job.
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Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
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Expertise in AWS, Serverless, Kubernetes, Kafka, Gitlab, GitlabCI.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
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3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
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5 years of experience in healthcare and genomics.
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5 years of experience building applications in AWS.
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2 years of experience in data privacy.
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Expertise in programming languages like Typescript, Javascript, Python, Java, etc.
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Experience in AI/ML, GenAI, LLM, RAG.
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Familiar with custom LIMS/LES development and AI-driven lab automation, billing systems
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Familiarity with regulatory compliance and security standards in healthcare and life sciences.
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
$139,800—$174,800 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
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