Software Engineer, Full Stack San Carlos, CA

Natera, Inc.; San Carlos, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Natera, Inc. in San Carlos, CA is seeking a Software Engineer, Full Stack for a six-month hybrid contract. You will design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications and APIs using React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, Snowflake, dbt, and AWS services.

The role emphasizes UX, scalable REST APIs, and cloud-based data work with a collaborative team across product and design. The position offers onsite one day per week in San Carlos with potential extension or conversion based on performance and

Qualifications

• Experience building user-facing web applications with frontend and backend web technologies.
• Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong cloud experience with AWS and related services.
• Expertise in React and TypeScript for frontend development.
• Backend development with Python and FastAPI (Pydantic, Uvicorn).
• Knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Drive complex system design with architecture and product teams.
• Perform code reviews and mentor the development team with best practices.
• Make key design and technical decisions for scalable systems.
• Define requirements with stakeholders and translate to RESTful APIs.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and analytics on Snowflake.

Skills

Full-stack web development

React

TypeScript

Python

FastAPI

AWS

SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Docker

CI/CD (GitLab)

Automated testing (pytest/Vitest/Playw

Tools

AWS CDK

GitLab CI

Docker

Playwright

Snowflake

dbt

S3

Job description

This is a six-month hybrid (one day a week onsite in San Carlos, CA) contract role with hourly compensation. There is potential to extend or convert to full-time based on performance and business needs.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As a Software Engineer, Full Stack you will design, develop, and maintain full-stack software applications, APIs, and data services that support our Sample Management and analytics platform. You have experience building user-facing web applications and have a passion for great user experience with a great eye for design. You're comfortable leveraging APIs and services, local and cloud-based, to deliver these experiences to users. You'll use these skills, along with tools like React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, Snowflake, dbt, AWS (ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3), and AWS CDK. Together with the talented Engineering Team, Product Managers and Designers, you will work on new and exciting experiences for our customers.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with the architecture and product teams to drive complex system design
• Perform code reviews and mentor the development team with best practices
• Make key design and technical implementation decisions on complex systems and help guide engineering vision
• Work closely with stakeholders to define requirements, and transform them into highly scalable and reliable, developer-friendly REST microservice APIs
• Design, build, and maintain highly sustainable systems to support our business applications, including data pipelines and analytics services on Snowflake

QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years of overall software development experience, preferably secure, scalable web applications with frontend and backend web technologies

The following are specifically desirable:

• Experience with TypeScript
• Experience with Python and modern backend frameworks, especially FastAPI (with Pydantic and Uvicorn)
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs
• Experience with React for frontend development, ideally with Material UI and Vite
• Experience with Docker, AWS ECS (Fargate), and infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK
• Experience with cloud providers, AWS is preferred
• Experience with data warehousing and analytics, especially Snowflake and dbt
• Experience with databases including SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and cloud data platforms
• Experience with micro-service enterprise architecture, cross-platform integration, and building scalable applications in heterogeneous environments
• Experience with the software development lifecycle process from build, software configuration, change control, and release and deployment activities
• Strong relational database skills including database design and optimization
• Demonstrated teamwork skills with a solid analytical background
• Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Full-stack web application programming
• React (with Material UI, built via Vite)
• Relational Database and SQL Programming, prefer PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Snowflake and dbt for data warehousing and transformation
• REST APIs and other web service backend technologies
• AWS infrastructure
• AWS Services, such as ECS (Fargate), Lambda, S3, SQS/SNS, CloudFront, ECR, EFS, Secrets Manager, and Redshift
• Infrastructure-as-code with AWS CDK (TypeScript)
• Docker and container-oriented technologies
• CI / CD, specifically GitLab CI
• Automated testing with pytest, Vitest, and Playwright
• Identity and integration platforms such as Okta (SSO), Jira, and Slack
• Quality Assurance Mindset; Nice to have: familiarity with regulated environment

#LI-DNI

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

$66 - $83 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!

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.

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.