Lead Engineer - Software Engineering

elanco; Hook; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Elanco, a global leader in animal health, seeks a Lead Engineer - Software Engineering to drive full-stack initiatives across front-end, back-end, and SaaS integrations. You will contribute to secure, scalable digital solutions that enable measurable business growth, while mentoring peers and aligning with product owners.

Location-based in Hook, UK, this hybrid role offers opportunities to influence architecture, champion DevSecOps, and participate in an innovation-driven engineering community

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with modern app architectures (SOA, API-centric design).
• 5+ years in Cloud Native design, Azure or Google Cloud.
• 5+ years delivering with Agile, CCPM, or similar.
• 5+ years in DevSecOps with CI/CD and TDD.
• Hands-on with web tech (TypeScript/JavaScript/Node).
• API-first integration experience.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Develop full-stack solutions across front-end, back-end, and SaaS integrations.
• Own build, run, and modernization of products with balance of quality and speed.
• Collaborate with teams to refine backlog and sizing.
• Apply secure coding practices and drive continuous improvement.
• Engage in innovation activities and engineering community.
• Support authentication and authorization patterns.

Skills

SOA Architecture

Cloud Native / Azure

Agile Delivery

DevSecOps / CI-CD

Kubernetes

TypeScript/JavaScript

API-First Design

Authentication & Authorization

Leadership / Communication

API Ecosystem

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT

Job description

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) - it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose - all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you\'ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will prop

Making animals\' lives better makes life better - join our team today!

Your role: Lead Engineer - Software Engineering

To be successful in an engineering role in Elanco requires a highly motivated individual, with an innovative mindset and a willingness to contribute to tangible outcomes. The individual must be able to articulate technical topics and collaborate effectively within the engineering organization.

Your Responsibilities:

• Software & Platform Solutions Development: Join a diverse engineering organization to contribute to growing capabilities across Software and Platform Engineering. Develop full-stack solutions (working with front-end, back-end, and 3rd party SaaS integrations) to build reliable digital products that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth.
• Product Build, Run & Modernization: Contribute to build and run activities for the products you work on - including event reporting and custom-engineered solutions - balancing quality, speed, accuracy, and stability with new features while avoiding technical debt and ensuring compliance.
• Collaboration & Backlog Management: Collaborate closely with team members, Platform Engineering, and other engineers to increase efficiency, align with Elanco standards, and support the Product Owner and senior engineers in understanding and contributing to the product backlog (including basic sizing and engineering approaches).
• Security & Continuous Improvement: Apply secure coding practices and embed security, privacy, data protection, and quality assurance across digital solutions, while constantly identifying and suggesting continuous improvement opportunities within the team\'s work.
• Innovation & Engineering Community: Explore opportunities to learn about innovation (such as internal/external hackathons and rapid prototyping), participate in rotations to other engineering functions to broaden your skillsets, and actively engage in our Engineering community by sharing knowledge and collaborating.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• 5 + years of experience working with modern application architecture methodologies (Service Orientated Architecture, API-Centric Design, Twelve-Factor App, FAIR, etc.).
• 5 + years of experience working with Cloud Native design patterns, with a preference towards Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud.
• 5 + years of experience designing and delivering digital solutions following a product-mindset and a variety of delivery methodologies (e.g. Agile, CCPM, etc.).
• 5 + years of experience working within a "DevSecOps" culture, including modern software development practices, covering Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), etc.
• Experience with software deployment capabilities including Kubernetes.
• Proven track record of "hands-on" software engineering (e.g. Programming, Scripting, Markup Languages), with a preference towards web technologies (e.g. TypeScript, JavaScript, Node, Next.js/React etc.).
• Experience supporting digital platforms, including Integrations, Release Management, Regression Testing, Integrations, Data Obfuscation, etc.
• Experience scaling an "API-Ecosystem", designing, and implementing "API-First" integration patterns.
• Experience working with authentication and authorisation protocols/patterns.
• Experience defining and implementing large-scale, transformative digital solutions.
• Demonstrated influence and communication skills across all levels of IT and third parties.
• Experience working in complex, diverse landscapes (business, technology, regulatory, partners, providers, geographies, etc.).
• Strong organizational and communications skills with multiple examples of being able to convey complex technical topics, that resulted in a definitive direction.

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology.

Additional Information:

• Travel: 0-10%
• Location: Hook, UK - Hybrid Work Environment

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