Research Informatics Platform Engineer

Eli Lilly and Company • Us, IN

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Lilly Research Informatics Platform Engineer, you will build cutting edge AI & Informatics tools with a team of passionate engineers to accelerate & enhance Lilly’s drug discovery process. You will be hands-on designing architecture, deploying scalable services/integrations, and developing novel software to harness the power of ML & computational tooling to assist researchers in their day-to-day work. You will collaborate closely with partners from Lilly Research Labs, AI, Software Engineering, and industry leading partners outside Lilly to accelerate medicine discovery for Lilly.

Requirements

• Go, Rust, Java, C++ or other OOP
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python/ Javascript
• Worked with Containers, Serverless, Kubernetes and other hosting targets
• Understanding of HTTP and restful based APIs.
• Experience applying test driven development methodologies to catch bugs early & prevent feature reversion.
• Experience using CI tools to automatically test & CD tools to automatically deploy code updates.
• Experience applying systems engineering concepts to distributed systems with high throughput & availability requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering
• Minimum 4 years of experience in architecture and software engineering

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering
• Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional IT solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect and develop robust, scalable and secure software solutions with a hands-on approach.
• Collaborate within a team of engineers, using best practices in software development such as design review, code reviews, testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Build and maintain microservices architectures and APIs, ensuring seamless interoperability and data flow across platforms.
• Implement containerization solutions, particularly using Kubernetes, to support deployment and scaling needs.
• Collaborate with diverse technical teams, including R&D, Data Science, IT Operations, and AI/ML teams, to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Ensure optimal system performance, reliability, and security through proactive monitoring, automated testing, and continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues in a complex microservice architecture, collaborating across teams to identify, resolve, and build future mitigation strategies.
• Monitor and track operational metrics.
• Ensure robust integration of AI/ML models into production environments, focusing on scalability, performance, and reliability.

Benefits

• company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
• company-sponsored 401(k)
• pension
• vacation benefits
• 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
• well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior