Director Software Engineering

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.

Software Product Engineering builds and maintains capabilities using pioneering technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Software Product Engineering is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance Lilly's purpose - creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like model 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.

What You'll Be Doing:

Eli Lilly is seeking an experienced Engineering Leader to drive the development of our custom software platforms supporting large molecule drug discovery. This role will lead the development of sophisticated systems that orchestrate early decision-making by integrating data from Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), high-throughput assays, and in silico modeling. As a player-coach, you will both lead a development team and contribute technically to advance our drug discovery tools and capabilities.

What You Should Bring:

• Lead a diverse development team including full-time developers and coordinating with vendor/offshore teams

• Provide technical leadership in designing and implementing scalable software solutions for complex biological data integration

• Contribute directly to the codebase and conduct code reviews while ensuring team productivity and quality

• Drive architectural decisions and best practices for cloud-native applications on AWS

• Collaborate closely with product management, scientists, and researchers to translate scientific requirements into technical solutions

• Champion the use of AI/ML to optimize experimental processes in drug discovery

Your Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field required

• 8+ years of software development experience with proven leadership experience managing engineering teams

• Strong hands-on experience with Python, React/Next.js, Node.js, and cloud technologies (AWS)

• Experience with scientific computing libraries (Biopython, Pandas) and workflow management systems (Cromwell/WDL)

• Demonstrated expertise in database technologies (PostgreSQL) and API design

• Experience leading cloud-native application development and CI/CD practices

• Background or strong interest in life sciences, particularly in large molecule drug discovery is highly preferred

Additional Preferences:

• Experience with scientific workflow orchestration and high-throughput data processing

• Knowledge of bioinformatics tools and computational biology

• Understanding of AI/ML applications in drug discovery

• Strong communication skills and ability to bridge technical and scientific domains

Additional Information:

• Role located in San Diego, CA with a hybrid work model

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

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.