# Lead Bioinformatics & Machine Learning Scientist

Natera is seeking a Lead Bioinformatics & Machine Learning Scientist to join our Bioinformatics Research team and help build the machine learning models behind Natera's tissue-free, methylation-based assay. These will be the models that detect cancer in the minimal residual disease (MRD) setting and help inform treatment selection. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in algorithm development, genomics, sequencing data processing, and applied machine learning. Primary Responsibilities: Develop, train, and evaluate machine learning models, driving algorithm design decisions that support cancer detection in the MRD setting. Own end-to-end research analyses, from ideation through implementation (scripts and notebooks), troubleshooting, and performance evaluation, including developing new features within existing pipelines. Translate between wet-lab experimental design and computational analysis, navigating ambiguity as assay requirements evolve and maintaining rigorous quality control across high-volume sequencing data spanning multiple cohorts, vendors, and clinical protocols. Communicate findings and model performance to both technical and cross-functional stakeholders, an

- **Id**: 3784070
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/natera-lead-bioinformatics-machine-learning-scientist-2>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Carlos, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T23:23:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T23:04:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6315
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Bioinformatics, Diagnostic Tests & IVD, Genomics & Genetic Testing, Precision Medicine

## Company

- **Id**: 3078
- **Name**: Natera
- **Domain**: natera.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/natera>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0.077
- **Stale share**: 0.564
- **Repost share**: 0.154
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 172000
- **Max**: 214000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 214000

## Technologies

- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Matplotlib** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **Pandas** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T02:39:02Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 74 · green card filings: 31; Filings 12m: 74; Filings prev 12m: 77; Green card filings 12m: 31

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 214000
- **Is top pay**: no

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