Contract Software Engineer, Full Stack
Natera· enterprise· Biotech· May 12, 2026 · 6mo agoPosted 168 days ago
San Carlos, CA
Hybrid
Contract
Senior
$121K–$180K est.
5+ years exp
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Open since May 12, 2026 — 168 days, and still accepting applications.
Job description
POSITION LOCATION & DURATION:
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
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, Pandas)
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
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!
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: natera.com
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.
For more information: - BBB announcement on job scams - FBI Cyber Crime resource page
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