Senior Software Engineer in Test

Illumina is expanding access to genomic technology to enable life-changing discoveries and transform human health through early disease detection, diagnosis, and treatment options. The Senior Software Engineer in Test will design and maintain custom test frameworks for primary analysis software, adapt tests to software changes, improve test coverage, and investigate failures in collaboration with developers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain custom test frameworks used to run and test Illumina’s primary analysis software
• Work with the development team to understand new software changes and accordingly adapt tests
• Identify gaps in existing tests and proactively develop new tests to improve reliability and coverage of tests
• Investigate test failures, triage issues, and work with developers to diagnose root causes
• Expand and maintain test coverage as primary analysis capabilities and responsibilities evolve
• Ensure tests are clear, well-documented, reproducible - supporting long-term maintainability

Requirements:

• Experience developing production-quality code using Python or C#
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools, workflows, and troubleshooting them
• Prior background in writing and maintaining automation for complex systems
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with co-workers on and outside the team
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Bioinformatics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of professional experience developing production-ready software code and tests
• Experience testing data-intensive, scientific, or computational analysis software
• Familiarity with custom automation frameworks
• Working knowledge of Python data visualization libraries
• Basic proficiency with the software release process documentation and deliverables
• Prior experience with benchmarking and performance monitoring of software on hardware
• Exposure with product software lifecycle tool(s)