Senior AI Tech Lead & Software Engineer

BioSpace; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 129,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly is seeking a Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead in Indianapolis, Indiana to lead AI-agent platforms and deliver secure, scalable solutions. You will code in Python, guide delivery teams, and shape architectural decisions that affect patients worldwide.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate across functions, and ensure engineering standards, security, and quality gates are met as part of a federated delivery model. Actual compensation will depend on location and experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or a related field, such as Engineering or Information Technology.
• 8+ years of software development or software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams or large technical initiatives.
• Experience using cloud platforms, software architecture, APIs, data integration, and modern development practices.
• Experience influencing technical decisions across cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall technical direction, ensuring alignment with business strategy and product objectives
• Translate business requirements into clear technical designs and implementation plans
• Lead technical design reviews and architecture discussions with engineers, architects, and security partners
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, platforms, and development approaches
• Ensure adherence to engineering standards, security requirements, and architectural principles
• Drive technical decisions and tradeoffs between speed, cost, quality, maintainability, and scalability
• Identify and mitigate technical risks early in the delivery lifecycle
• Review code and ensure adherence to development standards and best practices
• Monitor solution quality, performance, reliability, and technical health
• Establish testing strategies and oversee technical validation activities
• Mentor developers and foster technical growth across the team
• Coordinate technical work across developers, architects, security partners, and platform teams
• Assign and guide technical tasks while maintaining accountability for outcomes
• Promote continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence
• Partner with business to create solutions with high accuracy and usage rates
• Communicate technical risks, dependencies, and solution approaches to stakeholders
• Act as the primary escalation point for technical issues
• Align technology decisions with business strategy and product objectives

Skills

Technical leadership

Python

Architectural vision

Cloud platforms

Security & compliance

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

DevSecOps

Infrastructure as Code

LLM-based AI solutions

Job description

Lilly is seeking a Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead in Indianapolis, Indiana to lead AI-agent platforms and deliver secure, scalable solutions. You will code in Python, guide delivery teams, and shape architectural decisions that affect patients worldwide.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate across functions, and ensure engineering standards, security, and quality gates are met as part of a federated delivery model. Actual compensation will depend on location and experience.