About Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical leader with over 35 years of dedication to creating a healthier world. We've pioneered therapies for HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19, cancer, and inflammatory diseases, ensuring global access to life-changing treatments. Our mission drives relentless innovation in oncology, immunology, and virology, tackling the world's biggest health challenges through collaboration and scientific excellence. At Gilead, every team member contributes to bold ambitions, from drug discovery to delivery, in a culture that values inclusion, development, and empowerment.

Role Overview

As Associate Director, Intelligent Solutions Engineering at Gilead Sciences, you'll lead delivery teams building AI-powered platforms and cloud applications that streamline clinical trial processes and accelerate medicine delivery to patients. This hands-on technical leadership role involves overseeing architecture and development of custom products automating workflows, enabling data-driven decisions, and extracting insights from diverse data sources. Balancing cutting-edge AI with practical business needs, you'll ensure scalable, robust solutions aligned with Gilead's goals in HIV therapies, oncology innovations, and inflammatory disease treatments.

Key Impact Areas

Drive technical execution across onshore and offshore teams, integrating Generative AI, serverless AWS deployments, and modern web technologies to transform clinical operations and real-world evidence generation.

Key Responsibilities

In this pivotal role, you'll shape the future of Gilead's digital infrastructure:

• Lead technical strategy, roadmap, and architecture for scalable, cloud-native software solutions.
• Partner with data science teams and stakeholders to prioritize and modernize clinical processes.
• Communicate technical vision to influence cross-functional teams and senior leaders.
• Architect platforms integrating data analysis, visualization, and AI using AWS Lambda, ECS, S3, and Terraform.
• Serve as SME for Generative AI, including LLMs, prompt engineering, LangChain, and agentic workflows.
• Oversee end-to-end product development, DevOps automation, and vendor partnerships.
• Mentor engineers on AI-driven practices, code quality, testing, and emerging tools like GitHub Copilot.

Qualifications & Requirements

To succeed, bring proven expertise in high-stakes environments:

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS with 10+ years, MA/MS/MBA with 8+ years, or PhD with 2+ years relevant experience.
• 4+ years cross-functional technical leadership, managing project teams.
• Expert in software fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, system design.
• Proven full SDLC leadership across Agile, Scrum, waterfall.
• Advanced Python for REST APIs/async systems; React or modern frontend.
• DevOps: CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Terraform), Docker, AWS security.
• AWS production: serverless, S3/RDS/DynamoDB, IaC.
• Data engineering: APIs, event-driven architectures, GenAI with LLMs/LangChain.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in clinical, regulatory, or real-world evidence domains highly valued.

Benefits & Perks

Gilead offers premium compensation and comprehensive perks:

• Competitive salary estimated $230,000-$320,000 USD, based on biopharma sector rates.
• Robust health, dental, vision coverage with wellness programs.
• 401(k) matching, stock options, and financial planning support.
• Generous PTO, parental leave, and flexible work options.
• Tuition reimbursement and leadership development programs.

Career Growth

Advance your career at Gilead through structured mentorship, cross-functional exposure, and leadership pathways. As a People Leader, drive cultural evolution, fostering inclusion and empowerment. Gain expertise in AI-biopharma intersection, positioning for Director/VP roles in innovative life sciences engineering.

Why Join Gilead

Join a purpose-driven team making direct impact on HIV treatments, oncology breakthroughs, and inflammatory disease solutions. Work with top talent on mission-critical AI platforms accelerating therapies to patients worldwide. Enjoy a supportive culture prioritizing employee growth, collaboration, and bold innovation in a premier biopharma environment.

Role FAQs

Q: What technologies will I work with?
A: Primarily AWS serverless, Python, React, Generative AI (LLMs, LangChain), Terraform, Docker.

Q: Is leadership experience required?
A: Yes, 4+ years managing cross-functional technical teams.

Q: Remote or onsite?
A: Multiple locations; hybrid model typical at Gilead.

Q: How does this role impact patients?
A: By streamlining clinical trials, accelerating HIV, cancer, and inflammatory therapies to market.

Q: What's the team structure?
A: Onshore/offshore engineers, data scientists, business stakeholders.