IT Digital Health Platform Technical Lead

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Lead for their Software Product Engineering team in Indianapolis. This role is pivotal in developing and leading innovative technical solutions for Digital Health platforms. You will engage with multiple teams to define requirements, drive the adoption of best practices, and mentor junior members. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development, technical leadership, and a strong understanding of cloud technologies. Join a forward-thinking organization that values creativity and collaboration, and help shape the future of healthcare through technology.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with cloud and web technologies.
• Experience in leading software projects and technical delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive adoption of platform development standards.
• Mentor junior technical team members and influence technology solutions.

Skills

Cloud Technologies

Software Development Lifecycle

Technical Leadership

Agile Methodologies

Design and Architecture

Cybersecurity

Data Analytics

Risk Management

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kafka

GitHub

Atlassian (Jira/Confluence)

CI/CD Tools

Job description

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.

Technology continues to transform every aspect of society, including healthcare. Lilly envisions digital capabilities as an extension of our medicines, not just a marketing tactic. We, as consumers, have come to expect digital experiences to augment and support our experiences with medicines – especially to help reduce the burden of coping and managing through chronic disease for us, our loved ones and health care providers. Hence, Lilly’s Software Product Engineering team is committed to exploring how the next generation therapeutic ecosystems, connected solutions, and data analytics can transform the customer (patients, health care providers and payers) experience, demonstrate value, and most importantly – improve patient outcomes.

The SPE Technical Lead will be responsible for developing and leading technical solutions supporting one or more Digital Health platforms. You will need to engage multiple teams to define technical requirements, develop designs, and align technology that enables the platform architecture all while meeting medical device regulatory expectations. Additionally, the organization will look to you to be a leader across SPE projects influencing other tech leads in how we develop platform solutions following best practices and driving our platform innovation roadmap.

What You'll Be Doing:

• 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

You're Basic Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED with 10+ years of hands-on technical experience with modern cloud and web technologies
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline
• 7+ years of experience delivering software solutions that span the development lifecycle, e.g., design, development, testing, deployment, and support
• 5+ years of technical leadership experience in delivery of software projects
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Preferences:

• 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 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

Additional information:

• Role is located in Indianapolis, IN with a hybrid work model - relocation required