Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Natera is hiring a Manager of Data Engineering & Delivery within its Data Science Production Engineering department. The role leads a team that builds and maintains data infrastructure, ingestion solutions, ETL pipelines, data products, and delivery systems supporting lab operations and internal applications.
Responsibilities
- Lead a Data Engineering & Delivery (DED) team, collectively develop and maintain the data infrastructure, data ingestion solutions, ETL pipelines, robust data products, and data delivery solutions, for both production support and DSPE internal applications
- Manage the Data Engineering & Delivery (DED) team, to achieve the timely and efficient delivery of robust data products and systems that can meet DSPE business needs and project requirements
- Measure, report, and maintain/improve operational effectiveness
- Train and coach team members on new technologies, procedures, and guidelines/best practices
- Lead the Data Engineering & Delivery (DED) team, collectively develop and maintain the data infrastructure, data ingestion solutions, ETL pipelines, robust data products, and data delivery solutions, for both production support and DSPE internal applications
- Translate DSPE's business needs and project requirements into technical specifications and implementation plans
- Working with DSPE leadership teams, create design documents that can be efficiently implemented and maintained, for data system architecture, data ETL pipeline, data delivery solution, and other data systems/tools/components
- Contribute to key development, testing, deployment, validation, maintenance, and update activities on data products and data systems/tools/components, as well as data delivery tasks
- Improve and enforce operating procedures for compliance, quality, and efficiency
- Create training materials, and contribute to training activities, on DSPE Data Engineering & Delivery (DED) team owned data products and data systems
- Engage proactively and directly with internal and external stakeholders to align development roadmaps, resolve dependencies, and exchange performance metrics
- Represent the Data Engineering & Delivery (DED) team in stakeholder meetings
Skills
- Masters degree in Statistics, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Management Science, Operational Research, or other related fields
- Minimal 5 years of relevant industry experience for candidates with a Master's Degree
- Minimal 2 years of relevant industry experience for candidates with a Doctorate degree
- Minimal 2 years of working experience in a highly regulated environment, e.g., CLIA and/or FDA compliant settings
- Minimal 2 years of management experience leading a Data Engineering team, a Data Production/Delivery team, or a Data Analytics team, with demonstrable evidence of leadership and team management skills
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python programming languages
- Proficiency in data analysis and statistical techniques
- Proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, AWS QuickSight)
- Strong SQL skills in developing robust and maintainable queries to extract and/or aggregate data from complex data sources
- Attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy
- Proficiency in building data products, e.g., data aggregation, extraction, transformation, and QC
- Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities
- Working knowledge of genomics and bioinformatics workflows
- Proficiency in Git workflow and version control systems like GitHub and/or GitLab
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment
- Good documentation practices and coding style
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong integrity
- Doctorate degrees are a plus
- Proficiency in R is a plus
- Past working experience in dbt is a plus
- Human genetics knowledge is a plus
- Working experience with healthcare data, electronic health records (EHR), and clinical terminology is a plus
Benefits
- Remote USA
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
- Free testing for Natera employees and their immediate families
- Fertility care benefits
- Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
- 401k benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Employee referral program
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