Sr Software Engineer – Illumina, Inc. – Santa Clara, CA

Job ID: 2598
Job date: 2015-01-28
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Company : Illumina 

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Job Description:
Illumina’s genetic sequencing technology has reduced the price ofsequencing a human genome by 5 orders of magnitude. The resulting explosion in genetic data isstretching the limits of Big Data and will change the way we deliver healthcare.

Building software to house, analyze, and explore this deluge ofdata is an amazing challenge for talented software designers. We are looking for senior-level engineers tohelp build Cloud based software solutions that decipher the essence ofbiological structure and human disease. We are the world leader in geneticanalysis — and we would like your software to help power the Cloud.

This position is an opportunity to design and architect cuttingedge Cloud based web computing solutions that push Big Data to its limits. Yoursoftware will be used by tens of thousands of scientists to research anddevelop the future of medicine. Join ourcollaborative, friendly, and professional development teams and help us forgethe future.

Required Skills &Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent software development experience

5+years demonstrated experience in the following:
Software development on a professional web application

HTML, JavaScript, CSS.

Single-page application architectures like Angular.js

Java technologies, particularly Spring-based applications

Experience consuming robust production code using JSON-based web services

Experience using latest Web technologies such as Angular.js, HTML5, CSS3, Jasmine, Mocha, Karma

Excellent communication – pairing, collaborating, joint design: no lone wolves

Passion for clean code, loose coupling, and simple architectures

The perfect candidate also has:
Experience in genetics or bioinformatics

Polyglot experience: Java, Groovy, Python, Ruby

Passion for leading-edge development practices

Experience with TDD, BDD, or executable requirements

A love for Lean and Scrum

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

About Illumina

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of next generation life science tools and integrated systems for large-scale analysis of genetic variation and biological function. These systems are enabling studies that were not even imaginable just a few years ago, and moving us closer to the realization of personalized medicine. With the innovative advances in our sequencing technologies, we are rapidly impacting the clinical market in areas such as reproductive health and oncology. The expanding Illumina oncology portfolio of next- generation sequencing NGS and microarray technologies is revolutionizing cancer genomics research. Our customers include a broad range of academic, government, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other leading institutions around the globe.

lllumina has experienced phenomenal growth from $10 million in revenues in 2002 to over $1.4 billion in 2013. Forbes named Illumina #1 on the 2009 list of 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in the United States, the second time over a three year period that Forbes ranked Illumina #1 on its list of rapidly growing technology companies. Illumina was also named #1 smartest company in the world as part of MIT’s 2014 Technology Review. As of August 2014, the company had a $24 billion market capitalization.


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