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Senior Software Engineer, Research Systems

Job in Foster City, San Mateo County, California, 94420, USA
Listing for: Getting Hired
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-01
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 100000 USD Yearly USD 80000.00 100000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description

Gilead Sciences Research Informatics is expanding, and we are looking for a talented coder/programmer to help design, develop, and support applications that enable data workflows, logistics, scientific processes, and advanced analytics. In this role, you’ll work at the intersection of software engineering and scientific innovation, creating tools that directly support discovery and decision‑making.

What you’ll bring
  • Full‑stack web application development experience
  • Proficiency in an object‑oriented language (such as C#), with experience using React
  • Strong working knowledge of SQL
  • Experience in Agile development environments
  • Ability to write clear technical documentation and provide user support
  • Independence, strong time‑management skills, and comfort working autonomously
Why join us?

At Gilead, your code won’t just ship—it will make an impact. You’ll collaborate with scientists and technologists, solve meaningful problems, and help build scalable solutions that advance cutting‑edge research. If you’re motivated by purpose, ownership, and the opportunity to see your work make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities
  • Under general direction, provides troubleshooting and application support for specific applications and solutions.
  • 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. Judgment required within confined guidelines.
  • Works with business and IT partners to enhance applications to reduce operating time or improve efficiency.
  • May prepare program-level and user-level documentation.
  • May assist with software configuration management, performance tuning, introduction and training. Follows pre-defined task lists with given development tool.
  • Judgment required within confined guidelines.
  • Organizes, prioritizes, and coordinates multiple work activities to meet project deadlines. Identifies and documents business processes.
  • 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.
Problem Solving
  • Provide technical solutions to a range of difficult problems.
  • Solutions are thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives.
Discretion/ Latitude
  • Works under only general direction. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions.
  • Collaborates with supervisory personnel as needed.
  • Work is reviewed regularly prior to completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
Impact
  • Contributes to the completion of specific programs, projects or responsible individual business targets.
  • Failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious program delays and considerable expenditure of resources or loss of sales.
Liaison (Internal & External Influence)
  • Primarily…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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