
Natera
1 day ago

POSITION SUMMARY:
We are looking to hire a talented 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.
As a Software Architect at Natera, you’ll serve as a technical leader that champions best practices and strategies in order to build robust and scalable solutions. In this role, you’ll ensure software architecture aligns with product vision architecture strategy while providing business value as a maintainable, reliable, and well-designed system.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead the architecture and design of cloud-enabled products, weighing both technical and business factors, as well as the trade-offs between immediate needs and a long-term vision for an elegant and maintainable design.
Empower distributed and remote development teams with framework implementations, knowledge sharing, and sustainable practices.
Support the development of strategy, frameworks, best practices and patterns for the development organization
Create reusable unified solutions for complex architectural problems
Deconstruct monolithic application into containerized microservice/modularized architecture
Troubleshoot critical issues that may involve many systems in a distributed architecture.
Help drive complex technical projects from planning through execution.
Nurture engineers to think with architecture and design best practices in mind, including aspects such as performance, scalability, maintainability, and security.
Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools.
Develop strategies to realize significant cost savings with reusability and solve issues of software quality
Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations.
QUALIFICATIONS:
BS in Computer Science or related experience in the field
Solid software engineering background, with 10+ years of experience developing enterprise-scale web/cloud-based commercial software products.
Experience migrating or transforming legacy monolithic customer solutions to decoupled components/services
Experience developing large scale application architectures to meet business requirements
Solid understanding of software quality and architectural risk assessment and mitigations
At least 3 years in a technical leadership role across all stacks (front-end and back-end).
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Deep knowledge and experience with relational databases such as MySQL
Experience in Java development, especially standard Java application frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate
Experience in AWS, container orchestration such as Kubernetes
Expertise in authoring, reviewing, and presenting technical documentation including technical requirements documents, architecture diagrams, and sequence/flow diagrams.
Proficiency in software design and in mentoring and reviewing the designs and code of others
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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