Principal AI/ML Platform Engineer

The Principal AI/ML Platform Engineer is responsible for building and delivering the next generation of Natera’s Generative AI and ML platforms. This is a hands-on technical leadership role at the intersection of engineering excellence, platform design, and applied GenAI/ML innovation.

Requirements

• 12+ years in software/data/ML engineering, with 8+ years in AI/ML engineering at scale.
• Expertise in building production-grade ML/LLM systems on AWS tech stack (E.g. Python, LangChain/Llamaindex, CrewAI, Vector databases, Agent runtimes, TensorFlow/PyTorch, Spark, MLflow).
• Proven track record with GenAI/LLMs: fine-tuning, RAG, prompt orchestration, safety guardrails, monitoring, and cost optimization.
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML intensive systems, distributed architectures, and cloud-native development.
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, LLM safety, drift detection, bias detection, hallucination, explainability, and compliance (e.g., HIPAA, CLIA, FDA).
• Strong grounding in compliance-first engineering in healthcare, biotech, or diagnostics preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits
• Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Free testing for employees and their immediate families
• Fertility care benefits
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
• 401k benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Employee referral program