Remote Staff Engineer - AI-Driven DevSecOps

Exelixis, Inc.; Alameda (CA); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Company holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Exelixis, Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer - DevSecOps to protect our AI infrastructure, data, and systems from cyber threats by implementing, managing, and continually improving security practices, tools, and operations across cloud applications and infrastructure.

You will design and implement security controls, AI guardrails, and procedures; monitor security events; collaborate with engineering, IT, and compliance teams; and drive proactive risk mitigation in a SOX and FDA regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of related experience; or Master’s with 5+ years; or equivalent combo
• CISSP, CISM, CEH, OSCP, GIAC or similar cybersecurity cert preferred

Responsibilities

• Build AI-assisted development tools, such as coding copilots or agentic coding tools.
• Design, implement, and improve security controls and AI guardrails.
• Improve security posture by identifying weaknesses and implementing AI-centric solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to improve security of applications, cloud, and AI infrastructure.
• Assist in investigations and responses to security events and incidents.
• Determine procedures to contain threats, document findings, and escalate as needed.
• Monitor and analyze security logs and events from various sources.
• Stay current with threat landscape and emerging AI and cybersecurity solutions.

Skills

Python scripting

AWS

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

CI/CD pipelines

SOX/compliance awareness

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline

Master’s degree in related discipline

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

JIRA

Cloud security tooling

IAM / VPC / Zero Trust

Job description

Exelixis, Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer - DevSecOps to protect our AI infrastructure, data, and systems from cyber threats by implementing, managing, and continually improving security practices, tools, and operations across cloud applications and infrastructure.

You will design and implement security controls, AI guardrails, and procedures; monitor security events; collaborate with engineering, IT, and compliance teams; and drive proactive risk mitigation in a SOX and FDA regulated