Staff Data Engineer
Illumina · San Diego, CA
IT & SoftwareFull-time$142k–$212kCompany career page
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Role summary
Illumina seeks a Staff Data Engineer for its R&D division in San Diego. This role involves designing and implementing data infrastructure solutions to support genomic research and development initiatives. The position requires expertise in large-scale data systems and collaboration with scientific teams.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years building and scaling data products on cloud platforms like Databricks or Snowflake
- Strong Python proficiency including functional and object-oriented framework development
- Advanced SQL and data modeling skills across relational, dimensional, and lakehouse architectures
- Solid distributed systems and system design understanding for large-scale data processing
- Hands-on experience with Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Parquet, Spark, and dbt
- Data observability, governance, security, and compliance experience including RBAC and PII handling
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
What you'll be doing
- Design, build, and scale end-to-end data products on Databricks following medallion architecture patterns
- Develop reusable Python frameworks and standardized patterns for ingestion, transformation, and validation
- Design robust data models and build performant distributed pipelines using Spark and Delta Lake
- Embed data quality, reconciliation, governance, and monitoring into production pipelines
- Mentor global engineering team members and set technical standards through code reviews and architecture guidance
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