Key skills
JavaSpring BootAWS servicesMicroservice architectureEvent-driven architectureGraphQL APICI/CD practicesAI ToolingKubernetesSQL databasesNoSQL databasesDockerKafkaTerraformGitLabProject managementMentoringProblem-solvingCommunication skillsSQLNoSQLAILLMSpringGraphQLAWSHelmDynamoDBMySQLElasticsearchEvent StreamingAgileCI/CDLeadershipProject ManagementTeam LeadershipProduct ManagementCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, dedicated to oncology, women's health, and organ health. They are seeking a hands-on Senior Engineering Manager to lead their Service team, focusing on designing, developing, and maintaining microservices while driving technical excellence and team leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership for the Service team while maintaining hands-on involvement in development
- Drive technical design, architecture decisions, and implementation strategies for service systems
- Establish and maintain engineering best practices around Java, Spring Boot, and event-driven architectures
- Oversee development of the Service platform, ensuring high availability and reliability
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and resources while maintaining technical excellence
- Lead Agile ceremonies with focus on continuous improvement and team efficiency
- Guide the career development of engineers, with focus on backend development expertise
- Provide mentorship in AI, Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and microservices best practices
- Conduct regular 1:1s and performance evaluations focused on technical and professional growth
- Work closely with Product Management and stakeholders to define and deliver order processing capabilities
- Foster collaboration between the Service team and other engineering teams
- Drive continuous improvement in our event-driven architecture and microservices approach
- Drive AI transformation in team processes and procedures
- Optimize development processes while maintaining high quality standards
Requirements:
- 3+ years of proven track record building and managing high-performance engineering teams
- 7+ years of hands-on development experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Strong expertise in event-driven architecture and message processing
- Experience with GraphQL API design and implementation in Java
- Extensive experience with AWS services and microservice architecture
- Experience leading teams in building secure, scalable backend services
- Experience leading off-shore contractors and remote/hybrid teams
- Strong understanding of CI/CD practices and infrastructure as code
- Strong understanding of AI Tooling and Workflow Automation
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on expertise in Java Programming and Spring Boot
- Strong experience with AWS services
- Strong experience with Kubernetes
- Strong experience with AI tooling (LLM, MCP, Agents, etc)
- Practical knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, ElasticSearch, DynamoDB)
- Experience with Docker and container orchestration
- Expertise in GraphQL API development and Kafka event streaming
- Strong background in microservice architecture patterns
- Expertise in performance and monitoring
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CDK, Helm)
- Experience with CI/CD practices and tools (GitLab)
- Proven ability to mentor and grow engineering talent
- Strong project management skills in Agile environments
- Demonstrated ability to balance technical leadership with people management
- Experience with testing strategies and quality assurance practices