Full Stack Software Engineer – Fixed Duration

About the role

Lilly’s ADMET Intelligence group is seeking a full‑stack software engineer to enhance scientific workflow management applications. You will collaborate directly with laboratory scientists to translate research needs into robust, production‑ready software solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Develop new features and improve existing functionality for assay request handling, plate definitions, sample tracking, and results analysis.
• Maintain and extend integrations with internal and external APIs.
• Design, implement, and test PostgreSQL database schema changes and write efficient queries.
• Write unit and integration tests, ensuring high code coverage.
• Apply best practices for code quality, documentation, CI/CD pipelines, and architectural standards.
• Act as a liaison between discovery teams and IT/Cloud organizations, converting scientific intent into engineering specifications.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience building full‑stack Django applications in a life‑sciences or biotech R&D environment.
• Active GitHub profile with public Python contributions.
• Authorization to work in the United States on a full‑time basis (no visa sponsorship).

Required skills

• Python programming.
• Django framework and Django REST Framework.
• PostgreSQL relational database design and query optimization.
• Git version control and GitHub collaboration.
• CI/CD pipeline implementation and Infrastructure‑as‑Code concepts.
• Unit testing and integration testing methodologies.