Exel
Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud Platform, Enterprise Integration & Application Architect
Alameda, CA · Staff+
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$28,932 more — $198,432 — 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 $198,432 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 "Database Architects" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Database Architects (15-1243) · 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
- Subject Matter Expertise: - Serve as the SME for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance. - Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering technical growth and best practices.
- SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: No supervisory responsibilities.
- Work Environment/Physical Demands: Our office is a modern, open-plan space that fosters collaboration and creativity.
Responsibilities
- Develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
- Guides the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and lead mid to large size complex projects.
- Lead end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring.
- Identify and implement improvements to overall processes and development procedures.
- Develops and applies complex and often long-term strategies on specific projects.
- Document infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications, including architecture diagrams, runbooks and code-level commits / READMEs.
- Lead and own incident response and root cause analysis for high-impact issues.
- Ensure that completed work delivers long-term value, including the aspects of maintainability, performance and observability.
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.
- Master's degree in a relevant field and 7 years of experience
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 9 years of related experience
Skills
- Master's degree in a relevant field and 7 years of experience; or
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 9 years of related experience; or
- Associate degree and 11 years of experience; or
- Equivalent combination of education or years of experience
- Technical certification may be required
- Advanced level knowledge of
- Advanced level knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform.
- Intermediate level knowledge with cloud and infrastructure automation.
- At least 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment.
- Experience working in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Advanced level knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), especially with services related to hosting: EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, IAM, etc.
Compensation
- The base pay range for this position is $169,500 - $239,500 annually.
- The base pay range may take into account the candidate's geographic region, which will adjust the pay depending on the specific work location.
Benefits
- The base pay offered will take into account the candidate's geographic region, 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.
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