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Contract Software Engineer, Full Stack
Natera INC · 🇺🇸 San Carlos, CA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 48 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 12 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Natera INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles4 certified filings for “Staff Software Engineer - Revenue Cycle Management” (Software Developers) in CA: $162k–$209k, median $175k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Natera INC
The US Department of Labor certified 48 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 12 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
POSITION LOCATION & DURATION: This is a six-month hybrid (one day a week onsite in San Carlos, CA) contract role with hourly compensation . There is potential to extend or convert to full-time based on performance and business needs. POSITION SUMMARY: As a Software Engineer, Full Stack you will design, develop, and maintain full-stack software applications, APIs, and data services that support our Sample Management and analytics platform. You have experience building user-facing web applications and have a passion for great user experience with a great eye for design. You're comfortable leveraging APIs and services, local and cloud-based, to deliver these experiences to users. You'll use these skills, along with tools like React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, Snowflake, dbt, AWS (ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3), and AWS CDK. Together with the talented Engineering Team, Product Managers and Designers, you will work on new and exciting experiences for our customers. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Work closely with the architecture and product teams to drive complex system design • Perform code reviews and mentor the development team with best practices • Make key design and technical implementation decisions on complex systems and help guide engineering vision • Work closely with stakeholders to define requirements, and transform them into highly scalable and reliable, developer-friendly REST microservice APIs • Design, build, and maintain highly sustainable systems to support our business applications, including data pipelines and analytics services on Snowflake QUALIFICATIONS: • 5+ years of overall software development experience, preferably secure, scalable web applications with frontend and backend web technologies The following are specifically desirable: • Experience with TypeScript • Experience with Python and modern backend frameworks, especially FastAPI (with Pydantic and Uvicorn) • Experience designing and building RESTful APIs • Experience with React for frontend development, ideally with Material UI and Vite • Experience with Docker, AWS ECS (Fargate), and infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK • Experience with cloud providers, AWS is preferred • Experience with data warehousing and analytics, especially Snowflake and dbt • Experience with databases including SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and cloud data platforms • Experience with micro-service enterprise architecture, cross-platform integration, and building scalable applications in heterogeneous environments • Experience with the software development lifecycle process from build, software configuration, change control, and release and deployment activities • Strong relational database skills including database design and optimization • Demonstrated teamwork skills with a solid analytical background • Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES • Full-stack web application programming • JavaScript / TypeScript • Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, Pandas) • React (with Material UI, built via Vite) • Relational Database and SQL Programming, prefer PostgreSQL or MySQL • Snowflake and dbt for data warehousing and transformation • REST APIs and other web service backend technologies • AWS infrastructure • AWS Services, such as ECS (Fargate), Lambda, S3, SQS/SNS, CloudFront, ECR, EFS, Secrets Manager, and Redshift • Infrastructure-as-code with AWS CDK (TypeScript) • Docker and container-oriented technologies • CI / CD, specifically GitLab CI • Automated testing with pytest, Vitest, and Playwright • Identity and integration platforms such as Okta (SSO), Jira, and Slack • Quality Assurance Mindset; Nice to have: familiarity with regulated environment The pay range is listed and actual compensati