Software Engineering Technical Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

The Large Molecule Discovery Platform team, as part of SPE (Software Product Engineering) organization at Lilly, focuses on delivering innovative, high-quality software solutions that drive business growth and enhance customer experiences. It brings together cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, and product managers to build scalable, secure, and user-centric products in the large molecule discovery space. The role within the Platform team involves collaborating closely with stakeholders to define requirements, design robust architectures, and implement features that align with the product vision. This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies, contribute to strategic initiatives, and play a key part in shaping the future of the Large Molecule Discovery.

What You'll Be Doing :

As a Software Engineering Technical Lead, you will :

• Develop and drive adoption of platform development standards and architecture patterns across the organization
• Enable technical delivery of SPE software components including understanding and addressing risk, privacy, cybersecurity and legal constraints on project delivery
• Drive design of new feature requests that are highly scalable and resilient.
• Align SPE technical solutions with Lilly supported technologies
• Provide technical evaluation of proposed project ideas, software changes and future product releases.
• Drive the development and execution of our platform innovation roadmap, including creating working proof of concept models in new technology spaces directly connected to future Software Product Engineering capabilities
• Mentor more junior members of the technical team
• Build effective relationships with key technical resources and architects to influence technology solutions specifically related to Software Product Engineering systems.
• Provide guidance to Lilly and non-Lilly software delivery teams in best practice Agile delivery of software components of Lilly’s platform
• Obtain and use knowledge of medical device delivery models and quality system to ensure solutions align with regulatory expectations and meet regulatory timelines
• Obtain and bring to bear knowledge of Lilly business processes and technology to ensure solution deliveries are consistent with the strategy and roadmap

What You Should Bring :

Basic Requirements :

Additional Information :

Organization Overview

Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities using cutting edge technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Lilly IT is that we redefine what’s possible through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.

Lilly’s Software Product Engineering (SPE) organization is focused on building software platforms to accelerate our ability to reach and support patients, digitally. This organization is powered by software engineering experts that solve challenging problems around patient engagement and drug discovery with code.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include : Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$138,000 - $246,400

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and / or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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