At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.
Organization Overview:
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, USA. Our employees worldwide 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.
The Software Product Engineering (SPE) strives to build software products and helps manage Data for Business decisions / outcomes. This organization is a multidisciplinary group that works collaboratively with other functional units to deliver the incredibly exciting solutions to manage the patients across the world. This group drives innovation in the process development and product design through the efficient combination of data management expertise coupled AI skills and tools to build Enterprise-wide solutions.
The Lilly Bengaluru, India is a strategic investment made by Lilly to attract top talent from the vibrant academic and professional environment in India and deploy them to develop and enable critical capabilities for Lilly. The Lilly Bengaluru capability centre team in India houses a SPE team that works closely with the SPE across the globe enabling the delivery of Lilly’s portfolio.
Role Summary
The Full Stack Engineer is an entry-level (R0) practitioner who actively learns and applies engineering techniques and tooling under guidance. Working within an agile squad, the engineer delivers prescribed tasks across both backend services and frontend (UI) features, builds foundational software engineering habits across the stack, and grows rapidly through collaboration with more experienced team members.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver clearly defined development tasks across backend services and frontend UI features as directed by senior engineers.
- Write clean, readable code following team coding standards and review feedback, across both backend and frontend code.
- Actively use foundational engineering tools — Git, pull requests, issue trackers — as part of the daily workflow.
- Participate in agile ceremonies: stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and code reviews.
- Raise questions early and seek guidance when blockers arise, escalating appropriately.
- Perform unit and integration testing on own code (backend and frontend) and contribute to overall test coverage goals.
- Document code and technical decisions to a level that supports team knowledge sharing.
- Learn from team members and supplemental resources; apply new knowledge rapidly on the job.
- Contribute to team continuous improvement by asking questions and following established processes.
Technical Skills & Expectations
▸ Backend Development
- Basic familiarity with Python and/or Node.js; able to read and modify existing scripts and service code with guidance.
- Awareness of RESTful API concepts — understands request/response structure and can consume existing APIs.
- Foundational SQL knowledge: able to write SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE queries against relational databases.
- Exposure to Git and version control workflows — branching, committing, and raising pull requests on GitHub.
- Awareness of cloud concepts; some exposure to AWS services such as S3 or Lambda is a plus.
- Familiarity with the software development lifecycle (SDLC) within an agile/scrum environment.
▸ Frontend (UI) Development
- Foundational knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; able to implement UI components from designs or wireframes.
- Basic exposure to at least one modern JavaScript framework (React or Angular preferred).
- Ability to consume RESTful APIs from a frontend application to display or submit data.
- Awareness of responsive design principles and basic browser debugging tools.
- Comfortable using Git for source control within a shared UI codebase.
- Familiarity with JSON data structures and how they are used in frontend/backend communication.
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing Bachelors in Engineering/ Technology.
- Demonstrated ability to write and debug code in at least one backend language (Python, Node.js, or Java) and one frontend language (JavaScript/TypeScript).
- Basic exposure to REST API design and JSON-based data exchange.
- Familiarity with Git and version control fundamentals — branching, committing, and pull requests.
- Exposure to HTML, CSS, and a modern JavaScript framework (React or Angular) through coursework, personal projects, bootcamps, or internships.
- Exposure to agile/scrum concepts, gained academically, through internships, or personal projects.
- Strong willingness to learn, receive feedback, and grow in a team environment.
- Keen to learn AI skills / tools and leverage them for development and contribute for AI native solutions.
- Good communication skills; ability to ask clear, focused questions and articulate technical ideas.
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.
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