Working alongside Engineering, Product Management, and Design, you will build new features and user experiences while establishing the automated quality practices that empower the team to ship rapidly and safely.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- System Architecture & Development: Design, build, and maintain production software systems and scalable, well-tested APIs from technical specifications.
- End-to-End Quality Ownership: Own the quality lifecycle of the features you develop, spanning unit, integration, and system-level validation.
- Test Infrastructure & AI Tooling: Architect and maintain robust test automation frameworks, leveraging modern AI-assisted development and testing tools to accelerate engineering velocity and test coverage.
- Architectural Collaboration: Partner with the architecture team on system design to ensure reliability, observability, and testability are built in from the ground up.
- CI/CD Integration: Embed automated test suites directly into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous build, test, and deployment cycles.
- Technical Leadership: Conduct thorough code reviews focused on functionality, maintainability, and test coverage while mentoring peers on software design and quality best practices.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Product Managers to translate product designs into comprehensive verification and validation strategies, and clearly document and triage discovered issues with affected teams.
- Compliance: Maintain current status on all required Natera compliance and regulatory training.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience across software development, test automation, and quality engineering.
- Proven track record building and maintaining production applications and automation frameworks in Java and Python.
- Hands-on experience designing microservices and scalable cloud-native applications, preferably on AWS.
- Deep familiarity with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), with an emphasis on shifting quality left into every phase.
- Languages & Paradigms: Strong Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) fundamentals in Java and Python.
- Testing & Automation: Proficiency with modern testing frameworks and libraries such as Playwright, Selenium, JUnit, and TestNG.
- Backend & Data: Experience with REST API design and testing, relational databases, and SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Familiarity with Docker/containerization, CI/CD pipeline configuration, and core AWS services (e.g., SQS, S3, SNS, MSK).
- Core Competencies: Strong analytical and debugging skills with a keen eye for system dependencies and integration points, paired with clear cross-team communication.
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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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of experience across software development, test automation, and quality engineering
- Experience building and maintaining production applications and automation frameworks in Java and Python
- Experience designing microservices and scalable cloud-native applications
- Familiarity with AWS cloud services
- Strong object-oriented programming fundamentals in Java and Python
- Proficiency with Playwright, Selenium, JUnit, and TestNG
- Experience with REST API design and testing, relational databases, and SQL
- PostgreSQL experience
- Familiarity with Docker or containerization
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline configuration
- Strong analytical and debugging skills
- Clear cross-team communication skills
Natera Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Natera and has not been reviewed or approved by Natera.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical plan choice, fertility support, and free Natera tests for employees and families are emphasized alongside dental, vision, and life/disability coverage. These elements indicate robust core health coverage.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is available, and equity is described as a significant part of compensation in some roles. This accessibility to ownership can meaningfully augment overall pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A flexible, no‑accrual PTO policy and parental leave are positioned as part of the package. This breadth suggests meaningful time‑off provisions are included.
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What We Do
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. Where some set out to build a test, we set out to achieve a mission: change the management of disease worldwide by using DNA testing to proactively inform treatment. Through a cfDNA technology platform approach, we've pioneered noninvasive testing in unlimited applications—each with their own potential to revolutionize care for patients. #TeamNatera includes clinicians, scientists, biostatisticians, researchers, and laboratory professionals from around the world. Our diverse teams blend a passion for patients with deep clinical, scientific, and technological roots. Natera’s tests are validated by more than 100 peer-reviewed publications that demonstrate high accuracy.
