Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Natera

Senior Software Engineer at Natera helping build and mature shared engineering foundations of the data platform. Focus on platform engineering, automation, and secure integration patterns.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $125,000 - $156,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build shared platform capabilities that support trusted data products across teams and domains
Develop internal services, tooling, and automation that improve platform usability and reduce manual effort
Create reusable engineering patterns for ingestion, transformation, publishing, and operational workflows
Build and maintain platform components, automation, and engineering utilities using Python and other appropriate technologies
Contribute to the architecture and evolution of the core data platform and supporting engineering workflows
Use infrastructure as code and CI/CD practices to improve consistency, repeatability, and maintainability
Help define secure integration approaches for internally managed tools and connected SaaS solutions
Strengthen platform operability through observability, supportable production patterns, and practical automation
Partner with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders to translate platform needs into scalable technical solutions
Contribute to a more AI-enabled developer experience by applying AI-assisted development practices where they improve engineering productivity and workflow efficiency
Raise the technical bar through sound engineering judgment, thoughtful design, and strong coding and review practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, or data platform engineering experience
Strong programming experience in Python
Experience building production-grade systems, services, APIs, internal platforms, or engineering tooling
Deep hands-on experience working with AWS in cloud-based engineering environments
Experience with data platforms, data-intensive systems, or engineering workflows that support data products
Experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools
Experience with CI/CD workflows such as GitLab CI/CD or similar delivery automation tools
Experience designing systems with attention to reliability, maintainability, and operational supportability
Familiarity with secure connectivity, private networking, and enterprise integration patterns
Ability to build reusable frameworks and shared capabilities rather than one-off solutions
Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering and cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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!

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAWSTerraformCI/CDAPIsdata platformsengineering toolingproduction-grade systemsinfrastructure as codeautomation

Soft Skills

strong communicationcollaborationengineering judgmentthoughtful designcoding practicesreview practicesproblem-solvingcross-functional teamworkscalable solutionsreusable frameworks