IT Digital Health Platform Technical Lead

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic SPE Technical Lead to spearhead innovative solutions in Digital Health platforms. This role involves collaborating with multiple teams to define technical requirements, develop scalable software solutions, and ensure compliance with medical device regulations. You'll mentor junior team members while driving the adoption of best practices in software delivery. If you have a passion for technology and a desire to improve patient outcomes through innovative solutions, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and collaboration, and make a significant impact in the healthcare sector.

Benefits

401(k) Plan

Pension Plan

Vacation Benefits

Medical Benefits

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Benefits

Employee Clubs and Activities

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on technical experience with modern cloud and web technologies.
• 7+ years of experience delivering software solutions across the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive adoption of platform development standards and architecture patterns.
• Mentor junior members and provide guidance on Agile delivery of software components.

Skills

Cloud Technologies

Software Development Lifecycle

Technical Leadership

Agile Methodologies

Software Design and Architecture

Cybersecurity Awareness

Problem Solving

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Kafka

CI/CD Tools

Okta

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.

Compensation: Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $99,000 - $198,000.

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.

Position Overview: 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.

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.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance.

Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

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).

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