Lead Engineer, Quality (Tech Lead)
Elanco
August 20, 2026
Remote friendly (Indianapolis, IN)
United States
Operations
Your Role: Senior Engineer, Quality (Tech Lead)
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the technical lead for Quality Oversight platforms, partnering with Product Management to discover and orchestrate strategic platform enhancements and business initiatives.
- Discover and design solutions using rapid prototyping, feedback, and demos to reduce friction for QMS/Quality workflows (Deviation Management, CAPA, Change Control, Quality Events, Controlled Documents, Training, and related processes).
- Provide mentorship, coaching, technical leadership, and escalation for junior engineers.
- Own and orchestrate technical validation and release management activities in regulated GxP environments, guiding and transforming to CI/CD where possible.
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Minimum 5 years working in a regulated environment (e.g., pharma).
- Proven ability to deliver complex platform enhancements and business process improvements.
- Hands-on software engineering, integrations, and platform configuration (Workflows, Security Models, Lifecycles).
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
- Veeva Vault Administrator Certification or equivalent hands-on Vault JDK custom development/configuration experience.
- Experience leading major Quality platform implementations or enhancements.
- Custom integrations across enterprise/local systems handling quality events (deviations, CAPAs, change control, etc.).
- Experience supporting integrations, automation, analytics, AI, or digital transformation in regulated environments.
Benefits (highlights): Multiple relocation packages; two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO); 8-week parental leave; annual bonus; flexible work arrangements; up to 6% 401K matching.
Application instructions:
- Estimated application closing date: September 15, 2026. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the technical lead for Quality Oversight platforms, partnering with Product Management to discover and orchestrate strategic platform enhancements and business initiatives.
- Discover and design solutions using rapid prototyping, feedback, and demos to reduce friction for QMS/Quality workflows (Deviation Management, CAPA, Change Control, Quality Events, Controlled Documents, Training, and related processes).
- Provide mentorship, coaching, technical leadership, and escalation for junior engineers.
- Own and orchestrate technical validation and release management activities in regulated GxP environments, guiding and transforming to CI/CD where possible.
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Minimum 5 years working in a regulated environment (e.g., pharma).
- Proven ability to deliver complex platform enhancements and business process improvements.
- Hands-on software engineering, integrations, and platform configuration (Workflows, Security Models, Lifecycles).
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
- Veeva Vault Administrator Certification or equivalent hands-on Vault JDK custom development/configuration experience.
- Experience leading major Quality platform implementations or enhancements.
- Custom integrations across enterprise/local systems handling quality events (deviations, CAPAs, change control, etc.).
- Experience supporting integrations, automation, analytics, AI, or digital transformation in regulated environments.
Benefits (highlights): Multiple relocation packages; two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO); 8-week parental leave; annual bonus; flexible work arrangements; up to 6% 401K matching.
Application instructions:
- Estimated application closing date: September 15, 2026. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.