Senior Full Stack Developer

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 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. exposure to 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, Code Pipeline)
• 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 8+ 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

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 does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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