Senior Pipeline Engineer

Natera; United States; Remote; USD 137,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Natera seeks a Senior Pipeline Engineer to enhance their clinical assay platform. The role involves designing software products, developing CI/CD systems, and implementing bioinformatics workflows, directly impacting patient care. This opportunity offers competitive benefits, a supportive team, and the chance to influence the future of genetic testing.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

Free genetic testing for employees and families

401k benefits

Commuter benefits

Employee referral program

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong experience in GitHub Actions, pipeline workflows, and Docker.
• Knowledge of common genomics data formats preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and architect software for clinical laboratories.
• Build CI/CD systems and implement bioinformatics workflows.
• Develop modular Nextflow components for genomic data processing.

Skills

GitHub Actions workflows

Pipeline optimization

Docker expertise

Nextflow

AWS Batch

Python

Artifact management systems

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Nextflow DSL2

AWS ECR

ArgoCD

Job description

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Position Summary

The Senior Pipeline Engineer within the Platform group will join a tight-knit, cross-functional team of scientists and engineers. This team is dedicated to developing a scalable and robust platform that will underpin Natera's next generation of clinical assays. You will be instrumental in the design, development, and architecture of software products relevant to the clinical laboratory, while also contributing to cutting-edge R&D, bioinformatics, and high-performance computing initiatives. We're seeking an experienced candidate who is proficient across various tech stacks, passionate about building robust and scalable software, and excited about their work directly impacting the care of millions of patients.

Position Summary

The Senior Pipeline Engineer within the Platform group will join a tight-knit, cross-functional team of scientists and engineers. This team is dedicated to developing a scalable and robust platform that will underpin Natera's next generation of clinical assays. You will be instrumental in the design, development, and architecture of software products relevant to the clinical laboratory, while also contributing to cutting-edge R&D, bioinformatics, and high-performance computing initiatives. We're seeking an experienced candidate who is proficient across various tech stacks, passionate about building robust and scalable software, and excited about their work directly impacting the care of millions of patients.

We need a Senior Pipeline Engineering Specialist to build our CI/CD systems and bioinformatics workflows. You'll create standardized code repositories, implement automated build and test pipelines, and develop modular Nextflow components for genomic data processing that run reliably at scale.

Required Experience & Skills

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent program
• 7+ years of experience in software development
• Strong experience with GitHub Actions workflows and pipeline optimization
• Experience with Nextflow and Argo workflows
• Docker expertise, including multi-stage builds
• Knowledge of artifact management systems (Artifactory, AWS ECR)
• Experience with AWS Batch or similar cloud computing solutions
• Proficiency with Git workflows, branch protection, and PR automation
• Knowledge of common genomics data formats and tools preferred
• Ability to develop automated testing frameworks for scientific pipelines
• Understanding of distributed computing principles for large dataset processing
  
  

Experience With

• GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
• Nextflow DSL2 and nf-core modules
• Docker, Singularity containers
• AWS ECR, Batch, S3, Lambda
• Python for pipeline utilities
• ArgoCD for GitOps deployments
• AWS CodePipeline
  
  

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

$137,200—$171,500 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.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Biotechnology Research, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and Software Development

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