Overview
At the heart of QIAGEN’s business is a vision to make improvements in life possible.
We are on an exciting mission to make a real difference in science and healthcare. We are still the entrepreneurial company we started out as and have today achieved a size where we can bring our full power to many initiatives and to our presence across the globe.
Our most valuable asset are our employees – more than 5000 in over 35 locations around the world. Our ambition is to ensure we have outstanding and passionate people working in the best teams and we are constantly looking for new talent to join us.
There are few players who have shaped the world of modern science and healthcare as much as QIAGEN, and we have only just started.
If you are looking to advance your career, are seeking new challenges and opportunities, enjoy working in dynamic and international, diverse teams and want to make a real impact on people’s lives, then QIAGEN is where you need to be.
Join us. At QIAGEN, you make a difference every day.
Position Description
You will make a great impact within QIAGEN in:
- Applying user centric design principles and develop quick prototypes for high scale web-based applications with a focus on the front end
- Collaborating with peers on technical design, work estimation and implementation of new UI features including visualization aspects and server interfaces/contracts.
- Documenting design and architecture, perform code reviews, and write unit and integration tests
- Working closely with other team members to define and develop solutions to customer problems
- Refactoring and contributing to the overall improvement of the QIAGEN application architecture
- Handling trouble shooting of performance and production issues
- Writing clean, modular, robust code to implement the desired requirements with little or no supervision
- Participating in continually improving software development processes and practices
Position Requirements
- 4+ years professional web development experience
- Strong experience with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript skills, including AJAX and jQuery
- Experience in rich client experience with JS app and visualization frameworks, like : Angular (preferred), React or Vue
- Strong attention to detail and visual design -- please expect to show your portfolio
- Strong in design patterns (including MVC) and writing modular code
- Experience in unit testing front end code and performance tuning (both front-end and back-end)
- Experience with Java Web frameworks and presentation layers like: jsp, jsf, html, velocity
- Extensive use of APIs and a strong understanding of HTTP and REST architecture
- Good communication and personal skills: ability to interact and work well with members of other functional groups in a project team and a strong sense of project ownership
- Knowledge of and experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies
Personal Requirements
- Technically sound in software development activities and life cycles.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Self-starter and always looking to improve technically and personally
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, teamwork, and time management abilities
What we offer
At the heart of QIAGEN are our people who drive our success. We act with passion, always challenging the status quo to drive innovation and continuous improvement. We inspire with our leadership and make an impact with our actions. We create a collaborative, safe and engaging workplace which forms the basis for high performing individuals and teams. We drive accountability and entrepreneurial decision-making and want you to excel your growth and shape the future of QIAGEN.
QIAGEN is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, or disability.
