Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform)

About the role

Illumina's Software team within R&D is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform) to join its full-stack engineering group. You will play a lead role in designing and developing next-generation data and analysis platforms that unlock the power of the genome, supporting cloud-based products that streamline the generation, analysis, aggregation and extraction of insights from data.

Key responsibilities

• Own software development for new product initiatives and features
• Take part in all phases of development, from architecture and design through implementation, testing and deployment
• Improve the customer experience and the codebase
• Build components that meet quality and architecture standards, including unit tests, scripts and test harnesses
• Write clean, performant and well-tested code
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high-quality software

Required profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• At least 5 years of experience designing, implementing and supporting highly scalable applications
• Full-stack developer proficient in both frontend and backend coding
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical audiences

Required skills

• Java development and debugging
• Frontend technologies and/or frameworks such as Angular or React
• Data architecture and object-oriented programming
• Distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL)
• Building highly scalable real-time services based on REST
• Nice to have: Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) and CI/CD pipelines