Exel
Data & AI Platform Engineer II
Alameda, CA · Mid
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$23,149 more — $193,149 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,149 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the recruiting process, please email us at: ApplicantAccommodations@exelixis.com.
- WORKING CONDITIONS: Our office is a modern space that fosters collaboration and creativity.
- Teams work closely together, sharing ideas and solutions in a supportive atmosphere.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver end-to-end agentic applications and multi-agent workflows that automate IT and business processes.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated evaluation harnesses, observability, and artifact versioning for AI/agent workloads.
- Author architecture notes, runbooks, SOPs, and technical documentation to support adoption, operability, and maintainability.
- Lead prompt/spec reviews, code reviews, threat modeling exercises, and release-readiness gates.
- Apply and evangelize secure-by-design and responsible AI principles, including data governance, privacy, and safe prompting aligned to organizational policy
- Partner with product managers, security, and platform teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
- Performs other duties as assigned
- The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.
Requirements
- It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of related experience
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and 3 year or related experience
- Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript, including modular design, testing, and packaging.
- Intermediate proficiency with agent frameworks and agentic patterns: tool use, planning/execution loops, guardrails, evaluation, and prompt/version management.
- Intermediate proficiency building and consuming REST APIs, and integrating enterprise systems with OAuth/JWT, secrets management, and secure data handling.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering evaluation frameworks, red-teaming, or LLM observability tooling.
- No travel is required for this position.
Skills
- Equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to translate business and analytical use cases into scalable, production-ready AI and data solutions.
- Experience working across AI, data, platform, and security teams to establish reusable patterns, standards, and best practices.
- Intermediate proficiency with CI/CD, automated testing (unit/integration), linting, and observability for AI applications.
Compensation
- Location: Alameda, CARange for this position: $170,000 - $215,000The base pay offered will take into account job-related knowledge, skills, experience and internal equity, among other factors.
Benefits
- $170,000 - $215,000The base pay offered will take into account job-related knowledge, skills, experience and internal equity, among other factors.
- Employees are also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus program, or if field sales staff, a sales-based incentive plan.
- Convert prototypes into hardened, production-ready services with clear specifications, modular design, robust error handling, and comprehensive test coverage.
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