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Manager,PlatformEngineering
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“Manager, Platform Engineering at Natera. Skills: Platform Engineering Leadership, Cloud Ecosystem Management, AI-Native Infrastructure Architecture, Event-Driven Architecture Expertise, Platform as a Product Mindset. Lead the backbone of Natera’s infrastructure. Oversee Cloud Engineering, Orchestration and Kafka workstreams”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure our cloud environment doesn't just support workloads, but makes deploying and scaling them effortless for every engineering team in the company; Deliver a seamless, self-service experience that balances speed with enterprise-grade guardrails; Achieve high internal satisfaction scores by treating the platform as a world-class product; Scale high-throughput streaming data for mission-critical applications; Streamline operational workflows and platform governance
Industry & Context.
Identify friction points; Translate needs into a seamless, self-service platform; Design and implement automated, AI-driven guardrails; Enforce security and architectural standards without requiring manual approvals or slowing down developer velocity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience in Cloud, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering, at least 2-3 years in a leadership role managing high-performing teams, Deep, "under-the-hood" expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform, Expert-level knowledge of Kafka/MSK and orchestration services, Practical experience or a deep understanding of applying AI techniques, such as RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), agentic reasoning, or LLM-driven automation, to streamline operational workflows and platform governance, Self-sufficient, comfortable with ambiguity, and capable of building a roadmap from scratch while keeping stakeholders aligned
Nice to Have
Experience conducting internal user research, defining service-level objectives (SLOs), building self-service tools that developers actually want to use
What You'll Do.
Lead the backbone of Natera’s infrastructure
Oversee Cloud Engineering
Orchestration and Kafka workstreams
Ensure cloud environment supports workloads and makes deploying/scaling effortless
Treat internal developers as customers
Understand friction points and deliver seamless
self-service experience
and lead team execution
Refine strategic roadmap for cloud and event-streaming services
Maintain stability and reliability of production environments
Achieve high internal satisfaction scores
Own the multi-year roadmap for Natera’s Cloud
Align technical debt with future-facing AI-native initiatives
Conduct user research with internal Natera developers
Translate needs into a seamless
self-service platform
Design and implement automated
Enforce security and architectural standards
Lead the architecture of a high-scale AWS environment optimized for AI workloads
Ensure deep integration between Kubernetes
and event-driven architectures
Oversee the delivery of high-throughput event streaming (Kafka/MSK) and orchestration services
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders
Manage and mentor a high-performing team of 8 engineers
Provide technical leadership and career coaching
Foster an environment of high autonomy and ownership
Empower team to make local architectural decisions
Provide global context and strategic guardrails
Build a vibrant internal engineering community
Share insights on emerging cloud patterns
Drive organic adoption of new platform features
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Align stakeholders across the organization; Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders across Natera; Collaborate with product requirements; Manage and mentor a team of 8 engineers; Foster an environment of high autonomy and ownership; Empower team to make local architectural decisions; Provide global context and strategic guardrails; Build a vibrant internal engineering community; Share insights on emerging cloud patterns; Drive organic adoption of new platform features
Communication Scope
Translate complex infrastructure roadmaps into clear business value for executive leadership; Drive organic adoption across the engineering organization
Process & Methodology
Define the roadmap, Align stakeholders, Lead team to execute on a vision, Refine the strategic roadmap, Deliver with Precision, Close out high-impact, in-flight projects, Build a roadmap from scratch, Keeping stakeholders aligned
Full Job Description
Manager, Platform Engineering Location: US - Remote Experience: 8+ years in Cloud/Platform/Infrastructure Engineering. About the Role As the Manager of Platform Engineering, you will lead the backbone of Natera’s infrastructure. You aren’t just managing a team, you are the Product Manager of our Cloud Ecosystem. You will oversee three critical high-performing workstreams: Cloud Engineering, Orchestration and Kafka, consisting of several elite engineers, including Staff-level experts. At Natera, we don't just "provide infrastructure", we build an AI-native Internal Developer Platform (IDP). Your mission is to ensure that our cloud environment doesn't just support workloads, but makes deploying and scaling them effortless for every engineering team in the company. We operate with a "Platform as a Product" philosophy. This means you will treat our internal developers as customers, seeking to understand their friction points and delivering a seamless, self-service experience that balances speed with enterprise-grade guardrails. Reporting directly to the Director of Platform Engineering, you will have the autonomy to define the roadmap, align stakeholders across the organization, and lead your team to execute on a vision that directly impacts Natera’s ability to innovate at scale. In your first 6 months, you will: Establish the North Star: Take over a high-performing team and refine the strategic roadmap for our cloud and event-streaming services. Deliver with Precision: Close out high-impact, in-flight projects while maintaining the stability and reliability of our production environments. Drive Customer Success: Achieve high internal satisfaction scores by treating the platform as a world-class product used by the entire Natera engineering organization. What You’ll Do Strategic Leadership & Product Ownership Define the Vision: Own the multi-year roadmap for Natera’s Cloud, Orchestration, and Kafka ecosystems, aligning technical debt with future-facing AI-native initiat
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