Staff AI-Native Platform Engineer

Natera

6d•Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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.

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.

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!

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