Staff / Senior Software System Engineer (Product Owner)

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 team (geographically distributed) to design, implement, and test our bioinformatics software that enables researchers, scientists, geneticists and clinicians manage the complex workflows required to successfully sequence the genome

• Transform operational/customer needs into technical description and design specification for a software system.

• Lead the requirement gathering process and perform requirement analysis and risk analysis.

• Assume the role of a product owner in an agile scrum team.

• Develop, manage and prioritize the team’s product backlog

• Act as the primary liaison to product manager, customer support and other development teams to coordinate inter-dependencies to fulfill overall product delivery

• Work with overall system owner and project office to align team’s delivery with overall project plan

• Verify team’s delivery against requirements to ensure the right functionality

• Assist in troubleshooting system problems during development and sustaining of product.

• Develop and review project artifacts defined in the software life cycle in conformance to regulatory requirements.

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:

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Bioengineering or engineering related area

Desired Profile:

• At least 5 years of working experience as a Business/System Analyst/Technical Product Manager for cloud software. Knowledge in DNA sequencing or Life science domain is a plus.

• Certified Scrum Master or Product Owner or working experience in regulated product development environment (SDLC and ISO 13485).

• Strong analytical skills, problem solving and troubleshooting.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• A track record that includes being part of a team which completed and shipped successful products

• Must thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environment

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

• Experience in working with offshore teams and / or customer support is a plus

• Experience in software development is desired

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.