Description
POSITION SUMMARY
As a Software Engineer 3, you will design, develop, and maintain full-stack software applications and services to support Natera Operations information processing for genetic lab tests. You will work with operational teams to optimize their workflows and software and build the next generation of Natera ops tools, using a combination of tools, including the LabVantage platform.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with stakeholders and users to define requirements
- Translate requirements into reliable and extensible operations-friendly applications in Java
- Work with an engineering team to make key design and technical implementation decisions
- Have a holistic view of processes and systems involved in taking patient samples from order to result in a multi-product clinical laboratory
- Understand LIMS platform features and propose solutions that present trade-off analysis and make best use of the platform
- Leverage off-the-shelf or existing functionality whenever possible so development resources can be focused on unmet needs
- Integrate other enterprise systems and services to create seamless business processes.
- Improve development process and procedure and evangelize best practices
- Develop and maintain automated tests
- Provide second-tier production support
QUALIFICATIONS
- BS degree in computer science, comparable program, or equivalent.
- 5+ years of overall software development experience, preferably building complex data or process management applications in production
- Experience with object-oriented programming in Java, preferably using open-source frameworks such as Spring Frameworks and Hibernate
- Experience with web services (REST, etc), XML/JSON, and Oracle or other relational databases
- Demonstrated teamwork skills
- Solid analytical background
- Excellent communication
- Commitment to diversity in engineering
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience configuring or developing for LabVantage or other LIMS platforms
- Experience in configuration and customization of commercial off-the-shelf product LIMS system to support order to result workflows
- Experience with Kafka, GitLab, and Kubernetes
- Healthcare IT experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Object Oriented Programming
- Java Enterprise Edition
- JavaScript
- Relational Database and SQL Programming, prefer Oracle
- REST APIs and other Web service backend technologies
- CI / CD
- Quality Assurance Mindset; Nice to have: familiarity with regulated environments
