Technical lead Software Engineer

IDEXX Veterinary Softwareis on a missiontooffer the first verticalSaaS platformfor Animal Health. We’re growingourengineering tribesto tackle a range of challenges. In this phase we’re expanding ourClinical, Practice Management & Client Engagement domain tribes.The goal is to build additional squads for each and provide much needed capacity to tackle more on our technical roadmapfaster, unifying our portfolio of cloud platforms and applications.

We’re seeking skilled TechnicalLeadSoftware Engineers to join our Auckland R&D hub. You could lead one of several new squads,tackle challenges with all touch points of electronic clinical records, focus on efficient practice management workflow or turn your hand to all things that enhance our client's engagement with their customers the pet parent.

Your focus is to lead a team delivering high quality solutions that overcome complex challenges related to our portfolio of cloud platforms and applications. We’re looking for ambitious technical experts to run point with one of several new squads designed to boost our capacity within Clinical, Practice Management & Client Engagement domains.

We work with modern web technologies, including TypeScript, Go, and cloud-native architectures, to develop robust and maintainable solutions. With a strong focus on DevOps and automation, you'll contribute to CI / CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and system reliability. If you're passionate about building cutting-edge applications in a fast-moving environment and enjoy working with event-driven architecture, domain-services, containerization, and distributed systems, we'd love to hear from you!

Some key responsibilities of your role :

Lead by example being a role model that engineers can look up to for guidance

Create technical design documentation

Build large scale or complex projects that are fit for purpose and achieve the desired result

Build code that is beautifully crafted, highly scalable, and maintainable

Monitor, evaluate and improve projects as they are released (agile)

Write well crafted unit tests

Provide senior code reviews to ensure code that is released is robust and does not break

Refactor the low-level framework objects to improve the performance and scalability of our platforms

Contribute to high level tech stack related discussions and aid in driving our application forward

Lead collaboration with cross functional teams to better understand the broader aspects of our portfolio and collectively solve the challenges of scale

What you need to succeed :

Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer leading quality and delivery of a team or teams of Engineers

Experienced in evolving culture and process towards better engagement, agility, automated testing, and DevSecOps.

Proven technical capability with software design

Experience leading technical advancements to solve complex problems.

Experience with principles and best practices related to cloud technologies.

Experience with modern web technologies (such as React), cloud backend technologies (such as GoLang, Typescript and / or OOP languages) and cloud infrastructure platform AWS

Experience with unit testing

Strong OO design patterns, modular design

Experience building and consuming modern APIs

Lead or guide agile processes including Scrum, Kanban, and / or others

Previous experience in scaled SaaS environment is hugely desirable

What you can expect from us :

Structured onboarding, induction, ongoing training and transparent performance driven professional development

Rewarding salary packages including lucrative incentive schemes for all

Continuous L&D (both internal and externally)

Great tech kit for both work and personal use

Hybrid working with a great office space to collaborate - including a gym and roof top terrace!

Coffee + snacks + Food Truck Friyay several times a month!

Dog friendly office

Fully subsidized Southern Cross Health insurance

Part subsidized parking via Parkable

Career pathways that will take you places if you are willing and able

If you want work with real purpose with a growing company solving key challenges in the animal health industry with innovative cloud software, this is the opportunity for you!

So, what is IDEXX Veterinary Software?

Here in Auckland we develop a portfolio of cloud platforms and applications. We’re building a vertical SaaS platform for animal health that requires significant technical expertise to deliver. Solutions for practice management (PIMS), diagnostics, payments, client engagement, analytics & insight plus many more. We’re on a mission to build the best health technology business and we need you to help us do it! You can learn more about IDEXX Veterinary Software here :

At IDEXX we are dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock around the world. Through the power of the cloud, IDEXX Veterinary Software solutions simplify the flow of information across any practice and link vets to what they need when they need it. Patient data. Client communications. Business insights. All at their fingertips.

Our journey is solving veterinary practices’ most pressing needs by focusing on innovation to drive meaningful improvements in animal health.

Why IDEXX

We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.

Let’s pursue what matters together.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.

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