Senior Software Engineer

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Position Summary:

Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.

Responsibilities:

• Work as part of Agile scrum teams to design, implement, and test world-class distributed cloud software that powers our industry-leading DNA sequencing and laboratory information systems

• Develops and maintains Java based web application and microservices

• Evaluates and proposes suitable alternatives for our software architecture, designs, and implementations

• Shows a passion for leading-edge software development practices

• Displays a passion for clean code, loose coupling, and clean architectures

• Be a results-oriented, hyper-collaborator: leading joint design sessions, pair programming, design and code reviews, etc.

• Develops sustainable, automated deployment and build processes

• Practices software engineering principles such as agile methodologies, scrum and continuous integration

• Strives and serves to be technical role model to the team; grows and grooms the team technically.

• Self-initiated and self-learner. Able to analyze and provide solutions in creative and effective ways.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and experiences to identify root cause and suggest variations in approach.

• Learns and has fun with some of the smartest people you’ll ever meet!

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

Required Educational Background:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree

Requirements:

• Full Stack Developers who are proficient in both frontend and backend coding

• In-depth knowledge of Java, TypeScript, or at least one other object-oriented language.

• Experience with front end technologies and/or front-end frameworks, preferably: Angular.

• Demonstrated strong ability to design, develop, and maintain object-oriented multi-threaded applications

• Building and consuming REST APIs

• RDBMS such as AWS-RDS, PostgreSQL or MySQL

• Message Queues (RabbitMQ, AWS-SQS or similar)

• Able to write robust code that meets product requirements while being lean, maintainable, unit tested, and easy to understand

• Familiar and experience in analysis and resolution of cybersecurity issues and practices.

• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills

• Self-starter mentality with excellent communication skills

• Be curious, detail oriented, and analytical, with a proven ability to learn quickly

• Be team-oriented, motivated, taking ownership of assigned tasks

• Have proven verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner

• Passion for technology

• Extensive experience writing high quality unit tests against mock objects

• Proficient with source control management repositories (GIT, SVN)

• Experience in CI/CD

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies

• Must thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Experience in participating in cross-organizational or inter-company collaboration

• Experience in biotech and bioinformatics is a plus

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

Illumina believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.