Job Description

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.

We are looking for brilliant Software Engineers like you to join the Illumina team! Here, you\xe2\x80\x99ll discover roles that allow you to build on your expertise, tap undiscovered talents, and develop new interests. You\xe2\x80\x99ll work with the best and brightest minds in the industry, while both creating, and having access to, leading edge technologies others only dream about.

This role can be performed at our San Diego, CA site. Candidates with relevant education and expertise may be considered for Senior Software Engineer.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with product owners and other application developers to design, code, and maintain high quality, cloud-based applications against established processes in a scrum team setting

Work with software teams to ensure alignment of architecture to user requirements

Occasionally provide technical assistance to escalated production issues

Maintain awareness of industry trends and evaluate applicability of new software technologies to platform development efforts

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.

Requirements:

Extensive knowledge and experience with Java Core, or similar

Deep understanding of SOA, web security architecture, REST APIs, event-driven architecture, and other architectural patterns

Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture and concepts (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, etc.)

Proficient with source control management repositories (such as GIT, SVN, etc.) and CI-CD practices

Extensive experience writing high quality unit tests against mock objects

Good understanding of object-oriented analysis and design

Experience with data persistence technologies (such as RDBMS, NoSQL databases, ElasticSearch)

Experienced in container orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with client-side MVC Frameworks (i.e., Angular, Vue, React) is a plus

Demonstrated success in collaborating in a fast-paced team environment and delivering high-quality software products using established agile development methodologies (such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.) against formal schedules

Desired:

Experience in the field of Life Science and/or Bioinformatics a plus

Possess proven troubleshooting skills

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

Be customer-focused, team-oriented, and motivated, taking ownership of assigned tasks

Have proven ability to self-manage, as well as manage interdisciplinary relationships

Have proven verbal and written communication skills

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

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