Software Engineering Technical Lead
Eli Lilly and Company
Full-time
Remote friendly (San Diego, CA)
United States
$138,000 - $246,400 USD yearly
IT
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Role Summary
Software Engineering Technical Lead responsible for guiding platform development standards, architecture patterns, and technical delivery within the Large Molecule Discovery Platform as part of Lilly’s Software Product Engineering organization. Collaborates with stakeholders to define requirements, design robust architectures, and implement scalable features that align with the product vision.
Responsibilities
- 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
Qualifications
- Solid understanding of the AI space and practices in modern software
- Ability to manage and keep control of multiple software development and integration efforts
- Demonstrable examples of leading software design and architecture
- Demonstrated ability to propose new ideas and influence peers
- Proven initiative to learn new technologies and seek opportunities utilize what you’ve learned
- Practical knowledge of Agile software development concepts and associated implementations
- Experience with architected asynchronous systems, utilizing tools like Kafka or similar
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and other cloud service providers
- Experience with identity management or authentication providers (preferably Okta)
- Experience with GitHub
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD capabilities and industry best practices
- Experience utilizing Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) or similar toolsets
- High level of intellectual curiosity, external perspective, and innovation interest
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field
Additional Requirements
- This position is permanent, with location in the Biotechnology Center in San Diego US.
- You will work closely with teams across the globe, specifically UK and India, so some travel is expected (a few times a year)