Staff Software Engineer
Illumina•San Diego, CA
•Hybrid
About The Position
Illumina's Primary Analysis team specializes in designing algorithms and developing software to detect genomic data from signals contained within images. Implementation challenges include managing parallel tasks, optimizing memory accesses, and improving the speed and accuracy of genomic base calling. We develop methods to address these challenges by focusing on high reliability, speed, and completeness of results. We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our team in developing analysis solutions for use by researchers and clinicians worldwide.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge and experience with C/C++, Java or C#
- Experience in multi-threading, and memory management techniques
- Proficient with tools for software debugging and troubleshooting (GDB, etc.)
- Proficient with tools for software performance analysis and optimization
- Proficient with source control management repositories (such as GIT, SVN, etc.)
- Extensive experience writing high quality unit tests against mock objects
- Good understanding of object-oriented analysis and design
- Strong problem-solving skills
- BS/MS in Computer Science, EE, Bioinformatics, or related field
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
Nice To Haves
- Extensive knowledge and experience in developing software for real-time systems
- Experience with image processing algorithms and techniques
- Experience with time-series analysis and interpretation of temporal data
- Experience with Python and Python visualization libraries
- Be customer-focused, team-oriented, and motivated, taking ownership of assigned tasks
- Have proven ability to self-manage, as well as manage interdisciplinary relationships
- Have proven verbal and written communication skills
Responsibilities
- Define software architecture solutions for our high-performance signal processing pipelines
- Design, develop, debug, and integrate C/C++ software on Linux for multi-threaded applications
- Optimize and accelerate software executed on Illumina instruments
- Closely interact with the bioinformatics team, instrument design team, test and quality teams
- Collaborate in an agile environment to maintain high quality software against established processes
- Maintain awareness of industry trends and evaluate applicability of new software and hardware technologies to platform development efforts
- Provide technical leadership where needed
Benefits
- access to genomics sequencing
- family planning
- health/dental/vision
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
