Founding Staff Software Engineer — AI Biotech SaaS

Eli Lilly and Company; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Pension plan

Vacation benefits

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Lilly is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join TuneLab as one of the founding engineers. This IC role owns product end‑to‑end, sets technical direction, and makes architecture calls to accelerate a small team. You’ll work with product, design, and data science, reporting to the TuneLab Engineering Manager.

You will own the product surfaces, drive backend/frontend/data work, and ensure a scalable SaaS offering built on Lilly’s AI models for biotech customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience shipping SaaS products.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

Responsibilities

• Build end‑to‑end product surfaces: frontend, backend, data, and integrations.
• Architect the application layer to wrap AI models into cohesive workflows.
• Mentor engineers as the team grows and help hire for the team.
• Collaborate with PM and design leads to validate roadmaps and drive delivery.

Skills

Full-stack

API design

Frontend craft

Cloud experience

LLM-enabled development

Mentoring

Strong ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Lilly is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join TuneLab as one of the founding engineers. This IC role owns product end‑to‑end, sets technical direction, and makes architecture calls to accelerate a small team. You’ll work with product, design, and data science, reporting to the TuneLab Engineering Manager.

You will own the product surfaces, drive backend/frontend/data work, and ensure a scalable SaaS offering built on Lilly’s AI models for biotech customers.