Lead Engineer – Enterprise AI 

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Location: UK, Hook (Hybrid)

Team: Software Engineering & Platforms 

Supervisor: IT Engineering Director 

Career Progression: Engineering, Architecture, Analyst  

  

Over the past 4 years Elanco IT has been on an incredibly exciting journey.

Separating from our parent company and standing up on our own gave us a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a modern technology stack free of the burden of large-scale technical debt.

We are now looking to take this one step further, leveraging newly established engineering capabilities to help Elanco deliver on customer needs faster than ever before. 

This role is part of our new enterprise platform engineering team with a specific focus on generative AI capability and their implementation in Elanco.

This role will be working on the cutting edge of GenAI capability strategizing, build and supporting our own implementations in Elanco.

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to not only work on cutting edge technology but to contribute to the continued growth of a new highly skilled engineering organisation. 

 

To be successful in an engineering role in Elanco requires a highly motivated individual, with an innovative mindset and a willingness to drive tangible outcomes.

The individual must be able to articulate complex technical topics, collaborate with external partners and ensure quality delivery of the required solution.  

 

Responsibilities: 

 

Engineering 


* Work with Principal Platform Engineer and Senior Product Owner to help drive direction of platform and automation capabilities including our internal technical products related to GenAI capabilities. 



* Work with a diverse team on some of Elanco’s most exciting engineering initiatives helping drive secure, reliable, and efficient using the latest technology. 



* Stay abreast of the latest AI research, trends, and technologies, and apply this knowledge to drive continuous improvement and innovation within the team. 



* Look for continuous improvement opportunities in our core ecosystem identifying ne...