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Position Summary
The Technical Lead provides senior hands-on engineering leadership for CT Results technology, owning the technical design and delivery of complex solutions that process, integrate, and surface clinical results data. At the P4 level, the role makes decisions that impact the function or geography, anticipates and resolves key technical problems, and drives solutions across the CT Results area. It influences complex technical issues, builds relationships across teams, and mentors engineers. Consistent with Lilly's technology direction, the Technical Lead is deeply technical and AI-skilled—embedding AI-assisted engineering and agentic capabilities into results data pipelines and championing modern, responsible engineering practice.
Key Responsibilities
Own the technical design and delivery of complex CT Results solutions—scalable, secure, resilient, and compliant.
Anticipate and resolve key technical, operational, and data problems that impact the CT Results function.
Embed AI-assisted engineering (code generation, automated testing, anomaly detection) and agentic capabilities into results data pipelines to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
Serve as a key technical resource for CT Results, providing depth and breadth of engineering expertise.
Make technical decisions, within functional, company, and industry guidelines, that impact the function.
Lead technical design discussions and influence engineering decisions across teams, gaining support on difficult technical issues.
Ensure results data solutions meet GxP, data-integrity, security, and performance requirements.
Build integrations and services connecting results data across clinical systems using modern patterns (APIs, event-driven architecture).
Mentor engineers and strengthen engineering and AI capability across the team.
Partner with solution managers, architects, and stakeholders to align delivery to standards and roadmaps.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
Engineering experience with depth and/or breadth in the discipline, recognized within a function or area.
Experience in leveraging AI in day-to-day engineering.
Experience across integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
Experience with anticipating and resolving key technical and data problems impacting a function.
Experience leading technical design discussions and influencing engineering decisions across teams.
Experience mentoring engineers and building technical capability.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong communication skills, able to influence complex technical issues and present to varied audiences.
Experience in clinical development, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or a regulated (GxP) environment within pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Hands-on experience integrating AI/agentic capabilities into data pipelines.
Familiarity with clinical results data standards and data-integrity requirements.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
Relevant cloud or AI/ML certifications.
Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.
Lilly is proud to be 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.
Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).
Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$124,500 - $182,600Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for 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; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
- Engineering experience with depth and/or breadth in the discipline, recognized within a function or area.
- Experience leveraging AI in day-to-day engineering.
- Experience with integration patterns, APIs, and event-driven architecture.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- Experience anticipating and resolving key technical and data problems impacting a function.
- Experience leading technical design discussions and influencing engineering decisions across teams.
- Experience mentoring engineers and building technical capability.
- Strong communication skills, able to influence complex technical issues and present to varied audiences.
- Experience in clinical development, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or a regulated (GxP) environment.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience integrating AI/agentic capabilities into data pipelines.
- Familiarity with clinical results data standards and data-integrity requirements.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Relevant cloud or AI/ML certifications.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests paid time off is expansive, with substantial vacation, company shutdown days, and milestone time. This breadth of leave is viewed as a meaningful part of overall rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests family-building and caregiving support are robust, including paid parental leave, adoption or surrogacy assistance, and backup care. These programs enhance the perceived value of benefits across life stages.
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