Manager, Software Engineering

POSITION TITLE: Manager, Software Engineering

POSITION LOCATION:

San Carlos, CA, Austin, TX, or Remote, USA

POSITION SUMMARY:

Natera is seeking a skilled, self-motivated Engineering Manager to lead a global software development team in the Oncology domain in a fast-growing biotech company.

The team will support bleeding edge research focused on the revolutionary ways of cancer testing. This role includes developing and leading a distributed engineering team, project management, and professional communication responsibilities on high impact, high visibility products.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead
  • Provide technical leadership for a software development engineers, US-based and international, to ensure on-time, on-budget development of high quality software
  • Lead technical design, architecture, and implementation strategy development
  • Establish best engineering practices
• Manage
  • Manage multiple ongoing projects
  • Identify project objectives, the scope of software deliverables, external dependencies, resources, risks, and framework for the project activities.
  • Facilitate collaboration and resolve issues, evaluate project performance, bring projects to delivery, and act on the lessons learned
  • Lead standups and other Agile ceremonies
• Nurture
  • Guide the career development of team members, nurture their technical and interpersonal skills
  • Provide individual performance feedback focused on recognition of achievement and opportunities for growth
  • Conduct 1:1s, performance evaluations, and more
• Collaborate
  • Build and maintain ongoing strong working relationships with stakeholders, focus on building effective communication channels
  • Oversee collaboration among cross-functional development teams, software quality engineers, and product managers
• 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
• 2+ years of proven track record of building and managing high performance engineering teams
• 8+ years of experience in software development using Java or similar languages
• Experience in and aptitude for leading remote teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Passion for people management and mentorship
• Experience in biotech or another regulated industry a strong plus

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Proven record of managing highly effective engineering teams
• Willingness and ability to manage global teams across multiple time zones
• Focus on recruiting strong and diverse talent
• Strong experience in mentoring developers, seeking out opportunities and providing guidance for engineers to grow and excel
• Excellent project management skills in Agile environments
• Experience in building enterprise applications using Java or similar languages
• Expertise in building highly scalable distributed systems
• Hands-on coding, design, and architecture skills
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate effectively with reports, peers, and stakeholders
• Demonstrate initiative with proactive approach to addressing issues and finding creative solutions
• Must demonstrate strong work ethic, work well under pressure and stressful circumstances