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Senior Data Analyst

Natera· Bio Development
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Hybrid (San Carlos, CA)$103.6k - $129.5kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior Data Analyst at Natera focused on designing, prototyping, and building a modern AI-enabled analytics platform for R&D, with emphasis on AI-assisted development, data quality, and stakeholders collaboration in a hybrid San Carlos, CA role.

Responsibilities

  • Platform Design & Rapid Prototyping: Lead the effort in architecting, iterating, and building out a new R&D analytics platform. Rapidly prototype scalable analytics solutions and modern self-service data tools
  • AI-Accelerated Development & Rigorous Validation: Proactively utilize advanced AI tools to accelerate development cycles, automate repetitive coding tasks, and speed up platform prototyping. Thoroughly review, debug, unit-test, and validate all generated code and analytics logic for correctness, security, and efficiency
  • Data Pipeline & SQL Engineering: Extract, clean, transform, and model complex multi-source R&D data. Develop and optimize high-performance custom SQL queries and partner with Data Engineers to enhance database scalability and platform performance
  • Analytics & Insight Generation: Translate operational requirements into actionable insights, automated KPI workflows, and modern analytics interfaces that directly drive R&D decision-making and continuous process improvement
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with cross-functional R&D stakeholders and operational teams to understand workflows, define analytics requirements, and deliver robust data tools
  • Data Quality & Governance: Establish validation frameworks, automated monitoring, and data integrity checks to guarantee absolute accuracy and consistency across all analytics platform outputs

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in data analysis, analytics engineering, or software/data platform development
  • High comfort level and practical experience using modern AI developer assistants (e.g., Claude Code, Gemini, GitHub Copilot) to augment coding productivity and rapid iteration
  • Strong analytical intuition and critical thinking skills, with a proven ability to independently evaluate, verify, and fine-tune data workflows, queries, and automated outputs to maintain high standards of quality and accuracy
  • Advanced proficiency in Python for data analysis, pipeline development, and platform prototyping
  • Strong expertise in writing, optimizing, and maintaining complex custom SQL queries
  • Strong commitment to writing clean, modular, reproducible, and well-documented code using version control (Git)
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative environment, independently troubleshooting complex technical and data challenges
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams

Skills

Required:PythonSQLAI toolingData quality & governanceSQL performance optimizationData pipelines

Benefits

  • Long-term equity awards
  • Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Generous paid time off and company holidays
  • Additional wellness and work-life benefits
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Natera

A global leader in cfDNA testing

Dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Natera’s cell-free DNA tests help protect health and inform more personalized decisions about care.

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