Job brief: Senior Data Engineer, Data Foundations

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• Listed on Natera's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-05.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · US Remote · US - TX
• Posted: 2026-11-04

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• Define and maintain canonical definitions for core business metrics (e.g., volume, turnaround time, first-pass yield) so they are calculated once, certified, and reused everywhere.
• Build and maintain semantic layers and certified, trusted views of core metrics that enable self-service analytics with consistent definitions.
• Establish and enforce standards for naming, modeling, testing, documentation, and certification of data products.
• 6+ years of data or software engineering experience (Senior) or 9+ years (Staff), with a track record of designing and shipping production data models and pipelines at scale.
• Working knowledge of data governance practices: data contracts, lineage, cataloging, access control, data quality engineering, and certification of trusted datasets.
• Experience with Sigma, or comparable BI and semantic-layer tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI), particularly for publishing certified datasets and governed metrics for self-service …

Main duties

• Foundational Data Modeling & Architecture
• Design and build the Data 360 data products: governed, well-documented, dimensional and domain-driven models that integrate clinical, laboratory, operational…
• Define and maintain canonical definitions for core business metrics (e.g., volume, turnaround time, first-pass yield) so they are calculated once, certified,…
• Own design and architecture decisions for the foundational layer; lead design reviews and make build-vs-buy and technology decisions in partnership with the …
• Model data across a wide range of sources and types, including structured relational data, semi-structured (JSON/event) data, lab and LIMS data, genomic and …

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• Across Natera's 221 open listings, 31% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Natera hires

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