Staff AI-Native Platform Engineer

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. They are seeking a visionary Staff AI-Native Platform Engineer to lead the evolution of their technical foundation, focusing on architecting an AI-native ecosystem and enhancing developer experience through innovative AI solutions.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 8+ years in Cloud/Platform Engineering or Infrastructure, with a proven track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing organizational AI strategy
• 8+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering (AWS preferred), with deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform/CloudFormation, and modern CI/CD patterns
• Expert-level experience applying AI techniques (summarization, RAG, agentic reasoning) to real-world operational workflows
• Expert Python skills and experience with AWS SDKs
• A history of leading large-scale, cross-functional projects
• The ability to present complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience building Internal Developer Portals (IDP) with a focus on 'Platform as a Product' and user-centric design
• 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