Tech Lead & Platform Engineering Manager – Hybrid SF

Eli Lilly and Company; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Pension

Vacation benefits

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Lilly in San Francisco, CA, seeks a SPE Technical Lead & Engineering Manager to own architecture, lead a small engineering team, and drive platform innovation across Digital Health platforms. You will mentor engineers, manage delivery priorities, and ensure secure, compliant software aligned with regulatory expectations.

Role requires 8+ years in software, 5+ years leadership, and 3+ years people management; hybrid work with relocation to San Francisco, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years delivering software across full development lifecycle.
• 5+ years technical leadership in software delivery.
• 3+ years direct people-management experience.

Responsibilities

• Own system architecture and design decisions across platform area.
• Lead design reviews for scalable, resilient implementations.
• Mentor engineers and manage priorities and capacity.
• Drive platform innovation roadmap and POC exploration.
• Ensure security, quality, and regulatory alignment.

Skills

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Agile

Cloud engineering

CI/CD

GitHub/Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's Degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kafka

Okta

Job description

Lilly in San Francisco, CA, seeks a SPE Technical Lead & Engineering Manager to own architecture, lead a small engineering team, and drive platform innovation across Digital Health platforms. You will mentor engineers, manage delivery priorities, and ensure secure, compliant software aligned with regulatory expectations.

Role requires 8+ years in software, 5+ years leadership, and 3+ years people management; hybrid work with relocation to San Francisco, CA.