Senior Software Engineer – AI Platform

About the role

Lilly TuneLab is building a SaaS AI/ML platform that lets biotech startups access powerful drug‑discovery models. As a Senior Software Engineer you will turn existing point solutions and trained models into a coherent, scalable product experience for external customers.

Key responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end product surfaces, from frontend UI to backend services, data pipelines and integrations.
• Wrap Lilly’s AI models in reliable workflows, enabling federated learning so customer data never leaves their environment.
• Drive features from fuzzy requirements through design, implementation and release, staying hands‑on in the code.
• Mentor junior engineers, contribute to code reviews, testing, on‑call rotation and help shape engineering standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a proven record of shipping products used by external customers.
• Experience as a senior engineer on a small product team, comfortable navigating enterprise infrastructure and compliance.

Required skills

• Strong full‑stack development skills (database schema to UI) and solid API design.
• Frontend craftsmanship with attention to states and error handling.
• Cloud deployment experience and modern CI/CD practices.
• Practical knowledge of AI/ML integration and building LLM‑powered features.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.