Bioinformatics Software Engineer

Job ID: 7593BR
Job date: 2017-07-28
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Company : Illumina 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
Illumina is seeking a Bioinformatics Software Engineer to join the Oncology Software Engineering team, where we are making a positive impact in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Functions include development of next-generation sequencing algorithms, secondary analysis (alignment, variant calling) pipelines, integration with instrument control software, filtering, annotation and reporting. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and be intrinsically driven to both create high-quality and high-performing software and affirming its quality through simulation testing, unit and integration testing, design documentation, and collaboration with the team on verification testing and refining requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Work as part of Agile scrum teams to design and implement clinical-grade bioinformatics pipelines and patient-focused sequencing portals

• Work closely with bioinformaticians and software engineers to convert prototype algorithms into clinical-grade software

• Deliver software architecture, design specifications and implementations

• Integrate new pipelines and products with new and existing Illumina platforms

• Maintain rigorous quality and performance standards

• Participate in requirement, hazard, design and code reviews

• Develop software that solves the problem at hand with an eye toward performance, extendibility and maintainability

• Collaborate with product owners, bioinformaticians, test engineers, systems analysts, scientists, and stakeholders to create a robust product that suits the users’ needs

Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience developing software for next-generation sequencing or genomics applications

• 5+ years' experience in an object-oriented programming language such as C#, Java or C++ (C# preferred)

• Algorithm development experience

• Expertise in software engineering best practices

• Dedicated to creating software with the utmost quality standards

• Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting and communication skills

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Advanced degree in bioinformatics

• Biology or bioinformatics background or experience in biotech

• Experience writing design specifications for medical device software

• Experience writing multi-threaded algorithms

• Experience in a Linux environment

• Experience with Docker, Git, Visual Studio, .NET Core

Education:

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or related field


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Additional Info:
Join one of biotech's most successful companies to create world-class software with the best and brightest in the industry. Illumina boasts a team of over 100 software professionals at its San Diego headquarters. You will work in an environment that is collaborative, innovative and fun. As an Illumina Sr. Bioinformatics Software Engineer, you will enjoy a rich network of bioinformatics scientists, software engineers and test engineers to accelerate your work.

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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at 858-246-8959. To learn more, visit: https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf SolicitarSolicitar mediante LinkedIn

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