
Associate Director, Intelligent Solutions Engineering
Gilead Sciences
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Foster City • California • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $195,670 - $253,220 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead technical strategy, roadmap, and architecture for scalable, cloud-native software solutions across onshore and offshore engineering teams
- Partner with data science teams and business stakeholders to identify priorities and modernize processes
- Communicate technical vision to align and influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders
- Architect and implement platforms that integrate, analyze, and visualize data using serverless, modern web technologies, and full-stack AWS deployments
- Serve as technical subject matter expert for AI solutions, including Generative AI applications, context engineering, document generation, and agentic workflows
- Drive end-to-end product development from inception through production deployment and maintenance
- Establish and enforce software engineering standards, design patterns, and architectural principles
- Implement automation-first DevOps practices and champion continuous improvement initiatives
- Oversee offshore vendor partnerships to ensure quality delivery and product sustainability
- Mentor engineering teams on AI-driven software development practices and establish best practices for code quality, testing, and documentation
- Research and apply emerging AI technologies and innovative approaches to solve complex technical challenges
Requirements
- BA/BS with at least 10 years of relevant experience, MA/MS/MBA with at least 8+ years of relevant experience, or PhD with at least 2 years of experience
- 4+ years of cross-functional technical project management or other relevant leadership experience in a business environment
- Expert-level understanding of software engineering fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis, and system design principles
- Proven experience leading full SDLC implementations across multiple methodologies (Agile/Scrum, waterfall, hybrid) and product development lifecycles
- Advanced Python proficiency building production REST APIs and async systems; working knowledge of modern frontend frameworks (React preferred)
- DevOps proficiency with CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, Terraform), containerization (Docker), and cloud security best practices (IAM, secrets management, network security)
- Production AWS expertise: serverless architectures (Lambda, ECS), storage solutions (S3, RDS, DynamoDB), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
- Data integration engineering including API development, middleware solutions, event-driven architectures, and automated data synchronization pipelines
- Generative AI expertise with LLMs, prompt engineering, and frameworks (LangChain)
- Proficiency with AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude) for accelerated code generation and refactoring
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PythonREST APIsasync systemsAgileScrumDevOpsCI/CDcontainerizationdata integration engineeringGenerative AI
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcross-functional collaborationinfluencingstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcontinuous improvement