Job brief: Lead Bioinformatics Scientist (Oncology)

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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 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Natera's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $130,900 to $163,600 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · US Remote · US
• Posted: 2026-10-29

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

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Lead".

Must have

• 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 ex…

Main duties

• Lead the analytical validation strategy for an NGS-based assay, including designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting feasibility and performance evaluation st…
• Drive real-world evidence (RWE) studies that demonstrate the clinical utility of for therapy selection and patient management, from cohort selection through …
• Build rapid prototypes and pipelines for custom analyses that integrate data from multiple Natera products.
• Develop algorithms and tools to support new products, including contributions to the production bioinformatics pipeline.
• Work closely with assay development, engineering, biostatistics, clinical, commercial, regulatory, and lab operations teams.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• 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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