Production-Grade AI & Agentic Engineer II

Exelixis, Inc.; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Employee stock purchase program

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Exelixis, Inc. is hiring an Engineer II for AI and Agentic applications in Alameda. The role designs, builds, and deploys production-grade agentic workflows that automate IT and business processes, integrating LLMs, tools, APIs, and enterprise data sources into scalable solutions.

You will implement CI/CD pipelines, ensure security-by-design, and contribute to reusable platform components while collaborating with product, security, and platform teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, AI, Data Science, Software Engineering or related field with 5+ years of experience, or Master’s with 3+ years, or equivalent
• 2–4 years of hands-on experience building or contributing to LLM-enabled applications and agentic workflows
• Experience with API integrations and security-conscious development practices
• Experience with cloud AI platforms and vector stores/RAG patterns

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver end-to-end agentic applications and multi-agent workflows to automate IT and business processes
• Convert prototypes into production-ready services with modular design and robust testing
• Integrate LLMs, tools, APIs, and enterprise data sources into reliable use cases
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, observability, and artifact versioning for AI workloads
• Author architecture notes, runbooks, and SOPs to support adoption and maintainability
• Lead reviews, threat modeling, and release-readiness gates

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

LLM integration

REST API design

CI/CD

Security best practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud AI platforms (AWS, Bedrock)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/AI/Data Science/Software Eng

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

GitHub Copilot

AWS Bedrock

Databricks Mosaic AI

REST API tooling

Job description

Exelixis, Inc. is hiring an Engineer II for AI and Agentic applications in Alameda. The role designs, builds, and deploys production-grade agentic workflows that automate IT and business processes, integrating LLMs, tools, APIs, and enterprise data sources into scalable solutions.

You will implement CI/CD pipelines, ensure security-by-design, and contribute to reusable platform components while collaborating with product, security, and platform teams.