Technical Lead - Software Developer, Data Foundry

1 month ago

Base Salary

$152k - $244k/yr

Responsibilities

Design and maintain FAIR-compliant data pipelines for chemical, biological, high-throughput experimentation, and automation-generated datasets.
Develop APIs and services connecting LIMS, ELNs, instruments, data warehouses, and analytical databases.
Build MLOps capabilities including experiment tracking, model versioning, containerized serving, monitoring, drift detection, and retraining.
Develop agent-ready APIs, MCP servers or similar infrastructure, and software for closed-loop experimentation.
Integrate laboratory automation equipment, scheduling systems, and instrument data streams with Data Foundry infrastructure.
Create configurable automation workflow components, scientist-facing applications, dashboards, and workflow tools.
Prototype solutions with bench scientists, validate them through feedback, and transition mature systems to Tech@Lilly.
Build and operate cloud-native, containerized workflows using infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, workflow orchestration, security scanning, code review, and automated testing.

Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in computer science, bioinformatics, computational biology, cheminformatics, chemistry, biology, biomedical engineering, or a related STEM field.
Scientific software development experience with a minimum of 10+ years for a bachelor's, 5+ years for a master's, or 1+ year for a PhD.
Proficiency in Python and at least one of Java, C#, Go, TypeScript, or Rust, plus strong SQL skills.
Experience building RESTful APIs, data pipelines, or services for scientific or technical applications.
Preferred experience includes pharmaceutical or biotech discovery workflows, MLOps, cloud platforms, containers, Git, AI agent infrastructure, lab automation, cheminformatics or bioinformatics, data warehousing, scientific standards and ontologies, LIMS/ELNs, instrument integration, workflow orchestration, CI/CD, and Linux/bash scripting.
Strong communication, scientist collaboration, learning agility, and willingness to adopt new technologies are preferred.

Full-time employees are eligible for a company bonus depending in part on company and individual performance.
Benefits may include 401(k), pension, vacation, medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, flexible spending, life insurance, leave, employee assistance, fitness, and employee club benefits.
The position is located in San Francisco, California.

10,000+ employees