POSITION TITLE: Manager, Software Engineering

POSITION LOCATION: San Carlos, CA, Austin, TX, or Remote, USA

POSITION SUMMARY

Natera is seeking a hands-on, self-motivated Engineering Manager to lead a global software development team in the women's health domain in a fast-growing biotech company.

In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of cutting-edge research in the field of non-invasive prenatal testing, overseeing a team dedicated to advancing our revolutionary initiatives. Your responsibilities will encompass not only the development and direction of a distributed engineering workforce but also the orchestration of project management activities and the facilitation of clear and effective communication across all levels.This is not a pure people-management role. You will spend some amount of your time hands-on: writing code, reviewing merge requests, and testing alongside your team.We are looking for someone who pairs strong technical judgment with real care for people, is energized by change, and wants to make a direct impact on tests that families rely on.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead
Provide technical leadership for a software development team, US-based and international, to deliver high-quality software on time and on budget
Lead technical design, architecture, and implementation strategy for the team's services and integrations
Establish and model engineering best practices, including how AI tools are used safely in a regulated environment
Build
Write production code on the team's services, taking tickets yourself, especially on critical-path and cross-team work
Review merge requests every week. Hold a high bar for correctness, test coverage, and maintainability, whether the code was written by hand or with AI assistance
Contribute directly to testing: write and extend automated tests, verify changes before release, and help triage production issues
Stay close enough to the code to make sound technical calls and credible estimates
Lead AI Transformation
Use AI coding assistants and agentic tools (for example Claude Code, GitHub, Cursor) in your own daily work, and coach your team to do the same
Redesign the team's workflow around AI:
AI-assisted ticket refinement and spec-driven development
AI-assisted code review
AI-generated tests
automation of repetitive work
Build a cross-functional team where developers and test engineers both build and verify, and no one verifies their own work
Measure AI's impact against the team's own baseline (cycle time, lead time, quality, time from grooming to ready) and share what works with other teams
Keep people accountable for AI-assisted work, so that it meets our review, traceability, validation, and compliance requirements
Manage
Manage multiple concurrent projects spanning product launches, platform migrations, and production support
Identify project objectives, the scope of software deliverables, external dependencies, resources, risks, and a framework for the project activities
Facilitate collaboration and resolve issues, evaluate project performance, bring projects to delivery, and act on the lessons learned
Lead team meetings and Agile rituals such as stand-ups, retrospectives, planning sessions, and demos
Nurture
Guide the career development of team members and grow their technical, interpersonal, and AI skills
Provide individual performance feedback focused on recognition of achievement and opportunities for growth
Conduct 1:1s, performance evaluations, and more
Recruit and hire strong, diverse talent
Collaborate
Build and maintain ongoing strong working relationships with stakeholders, focus on building effective communication channels
Build and maintain strong working relationships with product management, laboratory operations, bioinformatics, clinical, and quality partners
Effect change
Provide feedback to management and initiate change to optimize software development processes with focus on quality, innovation, and efficient product delivery

QUALIFICATIONS

BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience