Software Product Engineering Technical Lead/Manager - Silicon Valley Hub

What You'll Be Doing

• Architecture & Technical Direction

• Own and approve system architecture and design decisions across your platform area.
• Lead technical design reviews and ensure consistent, scalable, and resilient implementation.
• Partner with product and design teams to architect maintainable solutions and evaluate UX feasibility.
• Collaborate with other technical teams on the design of dependencies and shared services.
• Provide technical evaluation of proposed ideas, software changes, and future releases.
• Align SPE technical solutions with Lilly-supported technologies.

• People Leadership & Team Management

• Directly manage a team of 2–5 engineers.
• Own performance management, coaching, career development.
• Set team priorities, manage capacity and workload, and remove obstacles to delivery.
• Foster team health, engagement, and a high-performing engineering culture in a geographically separate location.
• Partner with the Delivery Manager on staffing, planning, and delivery commitments.

• Planning, Strategy & Innovation

• Drive the development and execution of the platform innovation roadmap, including working proof-of-concept models in new technology spaces.
• Provide input on future features and strategy across a 6–12 month horizon.
• Lead cutover planning and ensure system dependencies are well understood and delivered appropriately.
• Identify and scope spike work; recommend new technologies and tools.
• Support and drive transformation initiatives.
• Champion the responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices — including AI-augmented development tooling — to accelerate delivery, raise code quality, and expand team capacity.

Your Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience delivering software solutions across the full development lifecycle (design, development, testing, deployment, and support).
• 5+ years of technical leadership experience in delivery of software projects.
• 3+ years of direct people-management experience leading engineers.

Additional Information

• Role is located in San Francisco, CA with a hybrid work model — relocation required.
• Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions.
• Lilly is an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
• Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $138,000 - $246,400.