Staff AI-Native Platform Engineer at Natera

Staff AI-Native Platform Engineer (L5) Location: US - Remote Experience: 8+ years in Cloud/Platform Engineering or Infrastructure, with a proven track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing organizational AI strategy. About the Role We are looking for a visionary Staff AI-Native Platform Engineer to lead the evolution of our technical foundation. In this high-impact role, you will move beyond traditional automation to architect an AI-native ecosystem that integrates Generative AI into every layer of our Development Platform. As a technical leader within the Platform organization, you won’t just be maintaining infrastructure, you will be reimagining the developer experience (DevEx). You will be the primary advocate for GenAI, fostering a culture of “AI-first” engineering by building agentic workflows that accelerate Cloud Orchestration, CI/CD, Observability, and FinOps. We need a creative engineer who can bridge the gap between cutting-edge LLM capabilities and robust, production-grade platform tooling. What You’ll Do Architect AI-Integrated Infrastructure • AI-First Development Platform: Design and build unified interfaces where AI agents manage complex tasks like environment provisioning, automated PR reviews, and self-documenting codebases. • Intelligent Orchestration: Embed AI-driven intelligence into CI/CD pipelines and Observability stacks to enable predictive scaling, automated incident triage, and self-healing systems. • Autonomous FinOps: Evolve AI-assisted FinOps workflows to automate cost attribution, anomaly detection, and optimization recommendations across AWS and other cloud environments. • Governance & Guardrails: Implement AI-driven governance to ensure architectural standards and security policies are met without slowing down developer velocity. Elevate Developer Experience (DevEx) • Agentic Tooling: Develop production-grade internal tools that use agentic reasoning to solve "day two" operational challenges for product teams. • Internal Developer Portal (IDP): Integrate natural language interfaces into our IDP, allowing developers to interact with the platform through conversational AI. • Actionable Insights: Transform raw telemetry into “executive-ready” insights using advanced data modeling and AI-driven visualization. Lead AI Mentorship & Evangelism • Strategic Advisory: Partner with senior leadership to model the technical and operational trade-offs of various AI architectural decisions (e.g., Build vs. Buy, Model Selection). • Team Upskilling: Act as a force multiplier by mentoring engineers on advanced AI tooling, prompt engineering for infrastructure, and the deployment of agentic systems. • Community Building: Stay at the forefront of the GenAI landscape, regularly sharing insights and driving the adoption of emerging tools and patterns across the organization. What You Bring • Platform Expertise: 8+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering (AWS preferred), with deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform/CloudFormation, and modern CI/CD patterns. • AI/ML Applied Logic: Expert-level experience applying AI techniques (summarization, RAG, agentic reasoning) to real-world operational workflows. You understand how to make LLMs "useful" in a production environment. • Advanced Programming: Expert Python skills and experience with AWS SDKs. You are comfortable building complex integrations and custom CLI/API tools. • The "Staff" Mindset: A history of leading large-scale, cross-functional projects. You can navigate ambiguity, build consensus across teams, and deliver measurable business impact. • Creative Evangelism: The ability to present complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, inspiring teams to shift toward AI-native workflows. • Product Thinking: Experience building Internal Developer Portals (IDP) with a focus on "Platform as a Product" and user-centric design. Bonus Points • Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or other AI orchestration frameworks. • Contributions to open-source platforms or AI projects. • Experience with vector databases and fine-tuning models for domain-specific tasks. 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$152,100—$190,100 USDOUR 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: [Upgrade to PRO to see link] 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. 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