Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead
Eli Lilly and Company
Summary
The Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead is accountable for the technical success of AI agents, systems of agents, and AI products. You will operate as a hands-on tech lead: personally design, code, and deliver critical components (primarily in Python) while overseeing development teams through design reviews, technical guidance, and quality gates to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, compliant, and delivered with a bias for action.
Job description
Role Overview
The Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead is accountable for the technical success of AI agents, systems of agents, and AI products. You will operate as a hands-on tech lead: personally design, code, and deliver critical components (primarily in Python) while overseeing development teams through design reviews, technical guidance, and quality gates to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, compliant, and delivered with a bias for action.
Primary Responsibilities
Technical Direction & Leadership
- 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
SWE Responsibilities
- 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
Team Leadership
- 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
Stakeholder Collaboration
- 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
Requirements
- 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
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Pension
- Vacation Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Prescription Drug Benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Death Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Fitness Benefits
- Employee Clubs & Activities
- Company Bonus
Company overview
Eli Lilly and Company, commonly known as Lilly, is a leading American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly, the company has grown into one of the world's most valuable pharmaceutical enterprises, with operations in approximately 125 countries. Lilly specializes in developing and manufacturing innovative medicines across multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, oncology, neuroscience, immunology, and cardiometabolic diseases. The company is renowned for its groundbreaking work in insulin production, having been the first to mass-produce insulin and later developing the first commercially available insulin product in the U.S. Lilly's current portfolio includes blockbuster medications such as Mounjaro and Zepbound (tirzepatide) for diabetes and obesity, Trulicity (dulaglutide) for type 2 diabetes, Verzenio (abemaciclib) for breast cancer, and Taltz (ixekizumab) for autoimmune conditions. With approximately 47,000 employees worldwide, Lilly maintains a strong commitment to research and development, investing heavily in scientific innovation to address some of the world's most significant health challenges. The company operates with a mission to make life better for people around the world through the discovery and delivery of innovative medicines.