MD IDS - eCOA Software Engineer

Job Description

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 35,000 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.

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 39,000 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.

Position Description:

Medicines Development Information and Digital Solutions (MD IDS) serves as a strategic function within Lilly Research Laboratories (LRL) partnering with the Medicines Development Unit (MDU). The MDU focuses on taking potential marketable products from Research through product registration and approval.

MD IDS focuses on the MDU business needs of the future, enabling improvements through information and technology solutions. The teams define and influence information and business strategies, design and develop solutions to achieve the strategic outcomes, and ensure reliable deployment and support of these solutions.

The role of the electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) Software Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing and supporting eCOA data related services for cross functional teams. In addition, this role will serve as a technical expert to the eCOA SaaS Platform support team. The split between development and support will be 40/60. If you are someone who has a blend of technical and soft skills and is open to wide-ranging responsibilities—this role will be a great fit for you!

This position will report to the Clinical Results Platform Manager/Team Leader.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• High agility to digest and demonstrate the ability to extend the capabilities of the platform to met business needs.
• Engages with business and proactively seeks opportunities to deliver business value.
• Understands business requirements and effectively translates business needs and process into technical terms, and vice versa
• Elicits and defines requirements
• Ensures appropriate business roles are engaged in solution execution.
• Participates in design reviews to ensure traceability of requirements.
• Networks with appropriate IT colleagues to determine solutions to meet business partners’ needs.
• Seeks opportunities to reuse existing processes and services to streamline support and implementation of key systems.
• Stay abreast of tools and technologies to influence IT strategy so that it provides best usage opportunities for business
• Partner with and influence vendor resources on solution development to ensure understanding of data and technical direction for solutions as well as delivery
• Ability to adapt quickly in a constantly changing environment
• Assisting study teams with diagnose and tracking of defects within the eCOA SaaS platform
• Assist study teams with data mapping, data integration, reporting and data exports
• Modifies existing systems or integrates packaged systems with existing infrastructure to meet business requirements
• Creation of Python and Node.JS scripts to enable job controls within the SaaS platform
• Produces and maintains project documentation as required, including that of Computer Systems Quality
• Uses standardized processes for requirements definition, analysis, design, construct, and test activities

Basic Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant IT experience programing with Node.js or Python and JSON.
• 2+ years of experience with relational and non-relational database technologies utilizing SQL, Data Functions and Procedures. (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB)
• Experience with mobile development and calling API’s to obtain or share content with a SaaS Platform
• Technical proficiency with HTML, Data Mapping, understanding of database structures, ETL, etc.
• Demonstrated learning agility both technically as well as business processes and applications
• Demonstrated initiative to build relationships, learn new business processes and identify opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify issues and either resolve or escalate to the appropriate level for resolution
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills (written/oral)
• Process improvement skills
• Organization skills
• Self-management
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, facilitate, and drive towards risk-based decision making

Additional Preferred Requirements:

• Technical proficiency with eDC (electronic data capture)
• Has worked with organizations that provide software-as-a-service (SaaS).
• Curiosity about business and IT processes
• Clinical research experience/knowledge

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent work experience) in computer science, information technology, or management information systems.

Other Information: Travel to US or other Lilly entities may be required.

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