Illumina

Sr. Software Engineer

Illumina
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San Diego, CA, USASenior

Base Salary

$129k - $194k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to software integration and verification strategy across software components and subsystems.
  • Create subsystem-level test and integration design proposals, evaluate risks, and collaborate with architects and technical leaders.
  • Develop automated test suites, test environments, automation infrastructure, and tools supporting integration and testing.
  • Investigate and diagnose software integration issues and support delivery of integrated, verified software packages.
  • Collaborate with program leads and cross-functional stakeholders to plan integrations, communicate risks, and track progress.
  • Monitor development progress, escalate risks, and recommend improvements to integration and verification processes.
  • Mentor engineers on test automation and integration skills and share relevant performance feedback with functional managers.

Requirements

  • Minimum experience is typically 5 years with a bachelor’s degree, 3 years with a master’s degree, a PhD without experience, or equivalent work experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field such as Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
  • Expertise with testing frameworks such as MSTest, Mocha, Jest, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
  • Experience with multiple programming languages or environments, including C#/.NET, JavaScript, and Python.
  • Experience developing automation tools and test infrastructure with Bash and Linux environments is highly desirable.
  • Experience with AWS infrastructure, software-hardware integration, and complex hardware systems is a plus.
  • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, or equivalent tools is required.
  • Experience with software quality practices including continuous integration, static analysis, unit testing, and integration testing is required.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Linux software development, or AI tools such as Copilot or Claude is a plus.
  • Knowledge of hardware or firmware development, medical software, healthcare regulations, cybersecurity best practices, industry standards, NGS, or bioinformatics is desirable.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, cross-functional collaboration, presentation, and data-driven decision-making skills are required.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and benefits package, including health, dental, vision, retirement benefits, and paid time off.
  • Eligible employees may participate in variable cash programs, and eligible roles may receive equity; these are not included in the stated base salary.
  • Access to genomics sequencing and family-planning benefits.
  • Professional growth and development opportunities in a collaborative work environment.
  • The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Tech Stack

AWSBashC#CypressDockerGitHub ActionsJavaScriptJestKubernetesLinuxMocha.NETPythonSeleniumTeamCity

Categories

Illumina

About Illumina

5,001-10,000 employees

Illumina builds next-generation DNA sequencing systems, reagents/consumables, and bioinformatics software used by research, clinical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural genomics labs. Its business model combines sale of instruments with recurring consumables, sequencing services, and cloud analysis tools; the company was founded in 1998, is headquartered in San Diego, and trades on NASDAQ under the ticker ILMN.

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