Senior Bioinformatics Engineer
Core
Build and maintain the software platform that validates DRAGEN, Illumina's secondary analysis engine for clinical and research genomics, orchestrating automated tests across HPC clusters, AWS, and local nodes.
Role type
Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer (Platform Engineering)
Builds
Scalable verification platform, plugin frameworks, workflow orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools for 30+ engineering teams.
Domain
Genomics, Clinical Diagnostics, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python (Django, REST APIs, pytest), Software Architecture, System Design, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, Docker, Linux/Unix
Preferred skills
NGS/Secondary Analysis (variant calling, alignment), HPC/AWS workloads, Workflow Orchestration (Airflow, Nextflow), AI Coding Agents/LLM Integrations, Open-source contributions
Technologies
DRAGEN, AWS, HPC clusters, Django, pytest, Airflow, Nextflow
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end verification for complex data analysis software; Partner with stakeholders to create automated verification workflows; Design and build scalable platform capabilities; Lead code reviews and champion engineering standards; Improve documentation, reproducibility, and developer productivity.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership
