Lead Engineer - Software Engineering

Elanco; Reading; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Elanco is hiring a Lead Engineer - Software Engineering to join a globally collaborative team focused on building scalable software and platform solutions for animal health. You will contribute to modernizing products while balancing quality, speed, and security across the engineering lifecycle.

You will work with cloud-native patterns, API-first integrations, and a DevSecOps mindset, applying secure coding practices and participating in innovation initiatives and engineering community

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with modern application architecture methodologies (SOA, API-Centric Design, Twelve-Factor App, FAIR).
• 5+ years of Cloud Native design patterns, with preference for Azure/Google Cloud.
• 5+ years delivering digital solutions with a product mindset using Agile/CCPM.
• 5+ years in a DevSecOps culture, including CI/CD and TDD practices.
• Experience with software deployment including Kubernetes.
• Hands-on software engineering with web tech (TypeScript/JavaScript/Node/Next.js/React).
• Experience supporting digital platforms, integrations, release management, and data obfuscation.
• Experience scaling an API-Ecosystem with API-First patterns.
• Experience with authentication/authorization protocols.
• Strong communication skills across IT and third parties.
• Experience in complex, diverse landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Software & Platform Solutions Development across the engineering organization.
• Product Build, Run & Modernization including event reporting and custom-engineered solutions.
• Collaborate with team members, Platform Engineering, and engineers to back backlog sizing and approaches.
• Apply secure coding practices, embedding security, privacy, and QA across digital solutions.
• Engage in Innovation & Engineering Community activities, rotations, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

SOA

API-Centric Design

12-Factor App

FAIR

Azure/Google Cloud

Agile/ CCPM

CI/CD & DevSecOps

TDD

Kubernetes

Web technologies

TypeScript/JavaScript/Node/React

Communication skills

Programming/Scripting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

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 propel your career to new heights. 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.
• * 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):

• * Experience in some of the following areas essential:
• + 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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