At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

The Global Services Team supports company critical solutions that enable our Global Services business partners to support and protect Lilly's most essential assets. This position will be responsible for the hands-on development, enhancement, and maintenance of our Global Services key services/Data platform.
 

The senior full stack lead developer will be responsible for designing and implementing end-to-end solutions across the technology stack, including front-end UI development, back-end services, and AWS cloud infrastructure. The resource will translate business requirements and architectural designs into high-quality, scalable code while following established development standards and best practices. The resource will collaborate closely with solution architects and business analysts to deliver features that meet stakeholder needs while ensuring code maintainability and performance. This position requires strong proficiency in modern front-end frameworks, server-side technologies, RESTful APIs, and database design. The resource will participate in code reviews, contribute to technical documentation, and mentor junior developers on the team. This role will assume responsibility for troubleshooting production issues, optimizing application performance, and implementing automated testing to ensure solution reliability. Understanding of AI development and models.

Key Responsibilities:

Development & Architecture

Design and build scalable full-stack applications for enterprise use

Develop backend services using Node.js and Python

Create responsive, intuitive frontend interfaces using modern frameworks (React/Angular)

Implement RESTful APIs and microservices architecture

Hands-on development with Python, PySpark, SQL, and Power BI for reporting and visualization

Translate business requirements and architectural designs into well-structured, maintainable code
 

Cloud & DevOps

Deploy and manage applications on AWS (Lambda, Glue, Athena, S3, ECS/Fargate, API Gateway)

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment

Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency

Ensure security best practices and compliance requirements are met

Experience with infrastructure as code using CloudFormation
 

Database Management

Design and optimize database schemas across relational and NoSQL platforms

Implement efficient data access patterns for high-performance applications

Perform query optimization and performance tuning

Build data integration solutions including ingestion, cleansing, and transforming raw data into curated datasets
 

Technical Leadership

Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards and best practices

Mentor junior and mid-level developers on technologies and development practices

Collaborate with solution architects to drive technical decisions and ensure alignment with architectural patterns

Research and evaluate emerging technologies for potential adoption

Develop and maintain technical and training documentation
 

AI Integration (Good to have)

Integrate AI/ML models into applications

Implement intelligent features and automation capabilities

Collaborate with data science teams on model deployment
 

Required Experience:

Experience developing and deploying full-stack applications on AWS

Node.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue)

Python, SQL, PySpark for back-end and data processing

Experience working with GitHub and version control best practices

Experience with JSON, REST API design and implementation

Experience with AWS services including Lambda, Glue, Athena, S3, ECS/Fargate

Experience with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline)

Experience with containerization (Docker)

Experience with relational and NoSQL databases

Familiarity with Scrum teams and working in Agile environment

Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Excellent self-management skills
 

Desirable Skills:

Bachelor's Degree and 10+ years' experience in full-stack application development

Experience with cloud-based data solutions and data platform integration

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Strong analytical, problem solving, and investigative skills

Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and test automation frameworks

Experience with security models and secure coding practices

Experience in applying quality and compliance requirements

Good teamwork and interpersonal skills

Demonstrated critical thinking skills
 

Additional Preferences:

AWS Certification (Developer Associate, Solutions Architect Associate)

Azure experience

Power BI development experience

Experience with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform)

UNIX/Linux shell scripting

AI/ML integration experience

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