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Your responsibilities will encompass not only the development and direction of a distributed engineering workforce but also the orchestration of project management activities and the facilitation of clear and effective communication across all levels.This is not a pure people-management role. You will spend some amount of your time hands-on: writing code, reviewing merge requests, and testing alongside your team.We are looking for someone who pairs strong technical judgment with real care for people, is energized by change, and wants to make a direct impact on tests that families rely on.\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nLeadProvide technical leadership for a software development team, US-based and international, to deliver high-quality software on time and on budget\nLead technical design, architecture, and implementation strategy for the team's services and integrations\nEstablish and model engineering best practices, including how AI tools are used safely in a regulated environment\n\nBuildWrite production code on the team's services, taking tickets yourself, especially on critical-path and cross-team work\nReview merge requests every week. Hold a high bar for correctness, test coverage, and maintainability, whether the code was written by hand or with AI assistance\nContribute directly to testing: write and extend automated tests, verify changes before release, and help triage production issues\nStay close enough to the code to make sound technical calls and credible estimates\n\nLead AI TransformationUse AI coding assistants and agentic tools (for example Claude Code, GitHub, Cursor) in your own daily work, and coach your team to do the same\nRedesign the team's workflow around AI:AI-assisted ticket refinement and spec-driven development\nAI-assisted code review\nAI-generated tests\nautomation of repetitive work\n\nBuild a cross-functional team where developers and test engineers both build and verify, and no one verifies their own work\nMeasure AI's impact against the team's own baseline (cycle time, lead time, quality, time from grooming to ready) and share what works with other teams\nKeep people accountable for AI-assisted work, so that it meets our review, traceability, validation, and compliance requirements\n\nManageManage multiple concurrent projects spanning product launches, platform migrations, and production support\nIdentify project objectives, the scope of software deliverables, external dependencies, resources, risks, and a framework for the project activities\nFacilitate collaboration and resolve issues, evaluate project performance, bring projects to delivery, and act on the lessons learned\nLead team meetings and Agile rituals such as stand-ups, retrospectives, planning sessions, and demos\n\nNurtureGuide the career development of team members and grow their technical, interpersonal, and AI skills\nProvide individual performance feedback focused on recognition of achievement and opportunities for growth\nConduct 1:1s, performance evaluations, and more\nRecruit and hire strong, diverse talent\n\nCollaborateBuild and maintain ongoing strong working relationships with stakeholders, focus on building effective communication channels\nBuild and maintain strong working relationships with product management, laboratory operations, bioinformatics, clinical, and quality partners\n\nEffect changeProvide feedback to management and initiate change to optimize software development processes with focus on quality, innovation, and efficient product delivery\n\nQUALIFICATIONS:\nBS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience\n2+ years of proven track record of building and managing high performance engineering teams\n5+ years of experience in software development using Java or similar languages\nPractical, daily experience with AI coding tools and agentic workflows, and experience helping a team adopt them\nExperience in and aptitude for leading remote teams\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\nPassion for people management and mentorship\nExperience in biotech, diagnostics, healthcare, or another regulated industry a strong plus\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:\nProven record of managing highly effective engineering teams\nWillingness and ability to manage global teams across multiple time zones\nFocus on recruiting strong and diverse talent\nStrong experience mentoring developers and test engineers, seeking out opportunities and giving guidance so engineers grow and excel\nExcellent project management skills in Agile environments\nExperience building enterprise back-end services using Java/Spring Boot or similar\nExperience with distributed and event-driven systems such as Kafka, workflow orchestration such as Temporal, relational databases, and AWS\nHands-on coding, design, architecture, and code-review skills\nTest automation experience, and a habit of building quality in rather than inspecting it in\nA track record of using AI to measurably improve a team's delivery, backed by data rather than anecdotes\nSound judgment about where AI helps and where it needs guardrails: verification, security, patient data privacy, and validation of regulated software\nAbility to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate effectively with reports, peers, and stakeholders\nInitiative: a proactive approach to addressing issues and finding creative solutions\nA strong work ethic and the ability to work well under pressure and in stressful circumstances\nExperience with Next Generation Sequencing data, bioinformatics pipelines, or genomics workflow platforms is a plus\nExperience developing software in a regulated environment (e.g., CLIA/CAP, FDA design controls, 21 CFR Part 11) is a plus\nThe 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.\nRemote USA\n$129,400—$181,800 USD\nOUR OPPORTUNITY\nNatera™ 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.\nThe 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.\nWHAT WE OFFER\nCompetitive 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!\nFor more information, visit www.natera.com.\nNatera 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.\nAll 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.\nIf you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents. \nLink: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/\nPlease 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. 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