Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform)

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.

Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

Join Illumina’s Software team within R&D and play a lead role in the design and development of cutting‑edge next generation data and analysis platforms to unlock the power of the genome – to transform healthcare and beyond.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be part of an innovative, dynamic, and adaptive organization supporting new and on‑market cloud‑based products that streamline the generation, analysis, aggregation, and extraction of insights from data.

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for software development for new product initiatives and features

• Participate in all phases of software development from architecture/design through implementation, testing and deployment

• Actively look for ways to improve the customer experience and codebase

• Develop software components that meet standards of quality and architecture, including the documentation and implementation of unit tests, scripts, and test harnesses

• Writing clean, performant, and well‑tested code

• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software.

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

• At least 5 years of experience in designing, implementing, and supporting highly scalable applications

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

• Excellent Java development and debugging skills

• Experience with front end technologies and/or front-end frameworks (Angular, React)

• Deep understanding of data architecture and Object-Oriented Programming skill sets

• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills

• Experience with distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL)

• Proficient in building highly scalable real time services based on REST