Staff Test Engineer

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At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Staff Test Engineer:

Illumina is seeking a highly driven and talented software engineer in test to join the R&D organization, where we are developing novel informatics solutions for Illumina’s multi-omics technologies.  This role is to architect and develop automated tests, tools and frameworks necessary for verifying and/or validating Illumina’s analytics software. You will work with software engineers and bioinformatics scientists to assess, propose and develop automated test solution(s) for next-generation sequencing software.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop end to end automated integration, verification and continuous integration system.

• Lead, develop, maintain and enhance automated test framework, tools and unit tests to improve testing efficiency and coverage.

• Work with software engineers and bioinformatics scientists to understand analysis algorithms and architect & develop automated test solution(s)

• Automate test cases for RESTful APIs and conduct end-to-end testing of web application. 

• Create detailed test cases that cover various scenarios to validate software functionality, performance, and security.

• Identify, report, and track defects, working closely with the development team to ensure timely resolution.

• Prepare necessary test artifacts required for formal software / product release

• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and provide feedback on software quality.

• Contribute to the overall quality assurance process by participating in reviews, inspections, and audits.

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, data science or a related field.

• Minimum 6 years of SQA experience in cloud software testing is required. 

• Domain Knowledge in molecular biology and hands on experience in bioinformatics tools is a plus.

• Strong expertise in manual and automated testing methodologies. Strong understanding of SDLC processes.

• Strong programming skills, with proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, R.

• Experience working with databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, cloud computing such as Amazon Web Services and Docker/Kubernetes.

• Experience with CI/CD, Continuous Testing, and related tools such as Git, Jenkins.

• Familiarity with automation testing tools such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or others.

• Experience in architecting end-to-end automated test suite for API and web apps and experience with test frameworks.

• Experience writing verification plans, test cases, defects reports, executing & managing test cases using test cases management system and writing verification reports.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically to identify potential issues and provide solutions.

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

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