Remote Lead Software Architect

Description:

• We are looking to hire a talented Software Architect who thrives on solving complex problems in a collaborative environment.
• The ideal candidate will exhibit a strong sense of ownership and think strategically about their work.
• The candidate should have demonstrated the ability to implement solutions, adjusting to constraints while mitigating risks.
• A balance of great technical depth with strong interpersonal skills and an emphasis on communication in day-to-day work is essential.
• The primary responsibilities include creating solution architecture to address complex problems at scale, considering technical and business factors and the trade-offs between immediate requirements and a long-term vision for a clean and maintainable design.
• The role involves helping drive complex technical projects from planning through execution and experimenting with new technologies to create prototypes for the development teams.
• The candidate will empower distributed and remote development teams with framework implementations, knowledge sharing, and sustainable practices.
• Leading the development and adoption of strategy, frameworks, best practices, and patterns for the software development organization is a key responsibility.
• Nurturing engineers to think with architecture and design best practices in mind, including aspects such as performance, scalability, maintainability, and security is expected.
• The candidate will promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools, and develop strategies to realize significant cost savings with reusability.

Requirements:

• A solid software engineering background with 10+ years of experience developing enterprise-scale cloud-based software is required.
• Experience with distributed systems and decoupled solutions components/services is necessary.
• The candidate must have experience developing large-scale application architectures to meet business requirements.
• A solid understanding of software quality and architectural risk assessment and mitigations is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required, as consensus-building across teams is a critical part of the job.
• The ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences is necessary.
• Expertise in AWS, Serverless, Kubernetes, Kafka, Gitlab, and GitlabCI is required.
• The candidate should have 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in healthcare and genomics is required.
• The candidate must have 5 years of experience building applications in AWS and 2 years of experience in data privacy.
• Expertise in programming languages like Typescript, Javascript, Python, and Java is necessary.
• Experience in AI/ML, GenAI, LLM, and RAG is preferred.
• Familiarity with custom LIMS/LES development and AI-driven lab automation, as well as billing systems, is beneficial.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance and security standards in healthcare and life sciences is required.

Benefits:

• Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• 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.
• A generous employee referral program is also offered.
• The pay range for this position is $152,800 - $191,000 USD, with actual compensation packages based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate.