Software Engineer at Hologic
San Diego, CA
$109,900–$171,800from the description
Jun 29, 2026
San Diego, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior software engineering role focused on building and maintaining software for automated molecular diagnostic instruments. Day-to-day work spans desktop applications, services, and data layers in C#, including assay algorithm development, refactoring, code review, and testing across multiple instrumentation platforms. The role also carries a mentorship and technical leadership component within an Agile team, and suits an experienced engineer with a background in medical device or similarly regulated environments.
Senior level · 8+ years · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 330 people in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–420
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $166,860 (middle half $131,418–$198,246). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title is a bare 'Software Engineer' with no level modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 8+ years (BS) / 6+ years (MS) experience gate and expectations around mentoring junior engineers, leading technical discussions, and defining projects independently support a Senior classification.
The minimum experience requirement is 8 years for a BS holder or 6 years for an MS holder; 8 is used as the overall years minimum (the lower bound across the stated paths).
WPF, gRPC, and Entity Framework are listed in the required qualifications section but explicitly flagged as 'preferred' or 'a plus' — they are treated as preferred accordingly.
Unit test framework knowledge is stated as required; XUnit, NUnit, CodedUI, and MSTest are listed as examples of acceptable frameworks, so XUnit is the primary skill with the others as alternatives.
Medical device experience is called 'a plus' and names no specific technology, so it is omitted from the skills list.
UI design/prototyping knowledge, multithreaded UI development, and Design Patterns are required per the JD but name no specific tool or technology, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
This is explicitly a fully onsite role in San Diego, CA.
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