Software Engineer 2

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 world-class distributed cloud software that powers our industry-leading DNA sequencing and laboratory information systems

• Develop and maintain Java / C# / .Net based web application and microservices

• Evaluate and propose suitable alternatives for our software architecture, designs, and implementations

• Show a passion for leading-edge software development practices

• Display 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.

• Develop sustainable, automated deployment and build processes

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

• 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 degree in computer science, engineering, or Bachelor’s degree with equivalent experience

Requirements:

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

• Experience in an object-oriented programming language; C# preferred

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

• Building and consuming REST APIs

• RDBMS such as AWS-RDS, PostgreSQL or MySQL

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

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

• 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.