Director, Software Engineering

Natera

Director of Software Engineering at Natera overseeing a 50-person team developing Provider Portals and EMR solutions. Driving innovation in genetic testing and patient care in a remote environment.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $220,300 - $275,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudReactSDLCTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and scale an engineering organization of 50 developers.
Improve delivery predictability, engineering velocity, and production quality.
Drive the architecture of distributed, cloud native platforms on AWS.
Integrate generative AI into provider workflows to streamline clinical decision making.
Adopt AI-assisted development tools to improve our internal SDLC efficiency.
Ensure all systems meet rigorous healthcare security and compliance standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10 years of software engineering experience.
5 years managing large engineering organizations of 50 to 150 developers.
Deep technical background in modern web stacks (React, TypeScript, APIs) and AWS architecture.
Experience deploying AI or generative AI solutions in production environments.
Proven ability to ship high-quality code predictably.
Pragmatic, decisive, and data-driven leadership style.
Ability to dive deep into the codebase and architecture when required.
Clear communication skills to align cross-functional product and engineering 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

software engineeringweb stacksReactTypeScriptAPIsAWS architectureAI solutionsgenerative AISDLC efficiencyhigh-quality code

Soft Skills

leadershipdecisivedata-drivencommunicationcross-functional alignmentproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilitystrategic thinkingpragmatic