Sr Bioinformatics Scientist
IlluminaSan Diego, California, United States • United States
Posted March 13, 2026
129400 - 194000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Illumina is a company deeply rooted in belonging, promoting an inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our mission.
Job Description
Illumina is expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. As a Sr Bioinformatics Scientist, you will drive the development of secondary analysis algorithms for variant and biomarker detection to support treatment decisions based on the cancer's molecular profile.
Requirements
- Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
- PhD in bioinformatics, computation biology, statistics, math or related field or equivalent work experience preferred
- Fluency in at least two of statistics, common bioinformatics methods NGS analysis, and oncology.
- Experience developing bioinformatics NGS algorithms beyond leveraging already existing tools.
- Fluency in programming languages such as Python. Experience with C++ is desired
- Good communication skills to contribute to cross functional project teams and work with stakeholders.
Benefits
- health/dental/vision
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
- family planning
- access to genomics sequencing