Associate Principal Cloud Platform Engineer — AI & AWS

Exelixis Inc.; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Stock options

Discretionary bonus

Vacation & holidays

Job summary

Exelixis Inc. is seeking an Associate Principal Engineer – Cloud Platform to help design and build cloud-based products and services.

You will lead cloud platform strategy, automation, CI/CD tooling, and account provisioning in AWS, while aligning with application teams on installation and configuration interfaces. The role requires senior-level cloud experience, Terraform expertise, and familiarity with regulated environments.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of cloud infrastructure experience in production.
• Experience in SOX and FDA regulated environments is a plus.
• Master’s degree or equivalent with strong cloud governance knowledge.
• Advanced AWS expertise including EC2, RDS, IAM, Systems Manager.

Responsibilities

• Guide major initiatives and lead large, complex projects.
• Refine end-to-end development workflows from ideation to CI/CD.
• Define and pursue actions to achieve desired results.
• Provide technical guidance on new technology directions.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

IaC

CI/CD

DevOps tooling

Production monitoring

Security scanning

Cloud automation

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

11+ years related experience

Tools

Terraform

AWS Console/Services

Job description

Exelixis Inc. is seeking an Associate Principal Engineer – Cloud Platform to help design and build cloud-based products and services.

You will lead cloud platform strategy, automation, CI/CD tooling, and account provisioning in AWS, while aligning with application teams on installation and configuration interfaces. The role requires senior-level cloud experience, Terraform expertise, and familiarity with regulated environments.