Software Engineer Trainee

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work as part of Agile scrum teams to design, implement, and test the instrument software or Bioinformatics analysis pipeline that powers our industry-leading DNA sequencing and genotyping devices

• Participate in all aspects of our agile development process, from sprint planning to daily scrum meetings and sprint demos

• Develop software applications for Illumina’s instruments or Bioinformatics analysis pipeline

• Create and execute unit tests to verify functionality

• Create and execute manual/automated tests

• Troubleshoot and resolve software defects

• Contribute to software design reviews and code reviews

• Learn and have fun!
  

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate, master’s or PhD program, ideally in Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering, Bioinformatics, or Engineering

• Experience in object-oriented programming language; Python preferred

• Solid understanding of programming fundamentals such as object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms

• Understanding design patterns is a plus

• Experience in extracurricular activities such as hackathon, open source projects is a big plus

• Passion for technology