Research Informatics Platform Engineer

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

About the role

As a Lilly Research Informatics Platform Engineer, you will build cutting-edge AI & Informatics tools with a team of passionate engineers to accelerate and 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.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Software Engineering.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in architecture and software engineering.

Skills

• Go, Rust, Java, C++, or other OOP languages.
• 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 and prevent feature reversion.
• Experience using CI tools to automatically test and CD tools to automatically deploy code updates.
• Experience applying systems engineering concepts to distributed systems with high throughput and availability requirements.

Preferences

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

Schedule

This role offers a flexible hybrid work model, with three days onsite at our Corporate Center in Indianapolis and two days working remotely each week. Remote employees will be considered for those not based near Indianapolis, IN.

Pay

The anticipated wage for this position is $132,000 - $244,200. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.
• Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k) and pension.
• Vacation 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).