Director, Forward Deployed AI Engineering

🕒 May 13

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $186.7k - $233.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🤖 AI Engineer

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Natera

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2004

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology • Healthcare Insurance • Pharmaceuticals

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing technology, specializing in non-invasive genetic testing and diagnostics. The company's innovative solutions focus on areas such as prenatal screening, cancer detection, and organ transplant monitoring. By using advanced bioinformatics and DNA analysis, Natera provides healthcare professionals and patients with critical information to make more informed medical decisions.

📋 Description

• Lead a Forward Deployed AI engineering team and deliver AI-powered workflow transformation across various business functions. • Partner closely with the AI Platform team to ensure workflows transition cleanly to long-term ownership. • Drive deployments from discovery through production including workflow design, agent build, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints. • Serve as the primary contact for function heads throughout AI initiatives. • Maintain a prioritized pipeline of AI and automation opportunities.

🎯 Requirements

• Hands-on experience with LLM and agent behavior: prompting, context management, tool use, RAG, MCP, evals, and failure modes. • Strong working knowledge of APIs, webhooks, SQL, Python scripting, and cloud platforms. • Experience running agents in production with formal KPI tracking, eval frameworks, and observability standards. • Track record of leading technical teams while remaining a meaningful technical contributor. • Ability to earn trust with senior business stakeholders and translate their goals into an executable roadmap with clear sequencing and trade-offs. • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. • Free testing for Natera employees and their immediate families. • Fertility care benefits. • Pregnancy and baby bonding leave. • 401k benefits. • Commuter benefits. • Generous employee referral program.