Software Engineer - Fixed Duration

Scorpion Therapeutics; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 72,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

401(k) plan

Pension

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible benefits

Life insurance

Paid time off

Well-being programs

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics in Indianapolis, IN seeks a qualified full stack Django developer to advance ADMET workflow management tools for scientists.

You will build features for assay requests, plate definitions, sample tracking, and results analysis, while integrating APIs, designing PostgreSQL schemas, and driving CI/CD practices in enterprise-scale systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering or related field with 1+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience building full stack Django applications in life sciences/biotech or similar R&D.
• Active GitHub profile with public contributions demonstrating Python experience.
• Relational database experience with PostgreSQL.
• Django ORM, migrations, and model design.
• Django REST Framework for API development.
• Experience implementing robust CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States full-time; Lilly does not sponsor visas.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance workflow management features with laboratory scientists.
• Maintain integrations with internal/external APIs.
• Design, implement, and test PostgreSQL database schema changes; write efficient queries.
• Write unit and integration tests; ensure code coverage.
• Apply best practices in code quality, documentation, CI/CD, and architecture for enterprise production.
• Bridge discovery teams and IT/Cloud organizations; translate scientific intent into engineering specifications.

Skills

Python

Django

PostgreSQL

Django REST Framework

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

AWS

GitHub

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Position Summary:

• ADMET Intelligence group seeking an experienced full stack developer to support scientific workflow management applications.

What You Will Do:

• Build and enhance workflow management features with laboratory scientists (assay request handling, plate definitions, sample tracking, and results analysis).
• Maintain and extend integrations with internal/external APIs.
• Design, implement, and test PostgreSQL database schema changes; write efficient queries.
• Write unit and integration tests; ensure code coverage.
• Apply best practices in code quality, documentation, CI/CD, and architecture for enterprise production.
• Bridge discovery teams and IT/Cloud organizations; translate scientific intent into engineering specifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering or related field with 1+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience building full stack Django applications in life sciences/biotech or similar R&D.
• Active GitHub profile with public contributions demonstrating Python experience.
• Relational database experience (PostgreSQL).
• Django ORM, migrations, and model design.
• Django REST Framework for API development.
• Experience implementing robust CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States full-time; Lilly does not sponsor visas.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Familiarity with ADME assays or compound management systems.
• Knowledge of cheminformatics or pharmaceutical research workflows.
• Strong SQL/schema optimization for high-throughput data.
• AWS (Lambda, S3, Step Functions, DynamoDB) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Compensation & Benefits (as stated):

• Anticipated wage: $72,000 - $213,400.
• Potential company bonus for full-time employees.
• Eligibility for 401(k), pension, vacation; medical/dental/vision/prescription; flexible benefits; life insurance/death benefits; time off/leave; well-being benefits (e.g., EAP, fitness, clubs/activities).