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Staff Software Engineer, Research Systems

Gilead Sciences

$126,820 - $164,120
Oct 30, 2025
Foster City, CA, US
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Gilead is looking to solve difficult technical problems by providing innovative, thorough, and practicable solutions that are consistent with organizational objectives. The role involves developing and maintaining business applications, enhancing applications for efficiency, and assisting with system architecture and configuration management.

Requirements

  • Extensive understanding and application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field.
  • Advance knowledge of other related disciplines.
  • Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.
  • Works under limited direction.
  • Independently determines and develops approach to solutions.
  • Work is reviewed periodically upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.

Responsibilities

  • With limited guidance, may lead a small team in the development and maintenance of business applications.
  • Configures and develops computer applications and solutions by using analytical functional specifications and interpreting system design specifications.
  • During system implementation and change management, may support, test, and refine application configurations to align with business process needs.
  • Coordinates infrastructure requirements with IT peers.
  • Works with business and IT partners to enhance applications to reduce operating time or improve efficiency.
  • Prepares program-level and user-level documentation.
  • Assists with definition of overall system architecture.

Other

  • Provides direction to junior staff using established policies and standard methodologies.
  • May investigate project feasibility, prepare project cost and benefit estimates, estimates project resource needs for staff and consultants.
  • Organizes, prioritizes, and coordinates multiple work activities to meet project deadlines; Identifies and documents business processes for assigned work activities.
  • Can work directly with customers to probe and ask effective questions to fully diagnose both the problem root cause and customer’s comfort level with application.
  • Can assess more complex problems including those escalated by junior staff.