Software Engineer 1

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.

Responsibilities:

• Work as part of Agile scrum teams to design, implement, and test the informatics software that powers our industry-leading DNA sequencing and laboratory information systems.

• Deliver high quality software implementations

• Participate in all aspects of our agile development process, from sprint planning to daily scrum meetings and sprint demos

• Create and execute unit tests to verify functionality, thereby ensuring software quality

• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve software defects.

• Contribute to software code reviews

• Learn and have 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:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering

Requirements:

• Full Stack Developers who are strong in both front and back end coding

• Strong / Good server side languages such as C#, Java, .Net and / or Python

• Strong / Good fundamental front end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React.

• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MongoDB.

• Demonstrated strong ability to develop object-oriented multi-threaded applications

• Demonstrate good understanding and good foundation in software design patterns

• Demonstrate analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills

• Able to write robust code (code that is lean, maintainable, unit tested, and easy to understand)

• Self-starter mentality, willing to dig, willing to learn and bold to ask

• Passion for technology. Confident enough to call yourself a Tech Geek!

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies

• Interests 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.