IDEXX Veterinary Software is on a mission to deliver the first vertical SaaS platform dedicated to Animal Health. As we continue to grow, we are expanding our engineering capability to tackle a wide range of complex challenges across our Clinical, Practice Management, and Client Engagement domains.
Our goal is to build additional squads within each domain to increase delivery capacity, accelerate our technical roadmap, and unify our portfolio of cloud platforms and applications.
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead Software Engineer to join our Auckland R&D hub. In this role, you will lead one of the squads, taking ownership of complex problem spaces such as electronic clinical records, efficient practice management workflows, and client engagement solutions that strengthen the relationship between veterinarians and pet parents.
You will lead a team responsible for delivering high-quality, scalable solutions across our cloud-based platforms. This is a hands-on leadership role for a technically strong engineer who can take initiative, guide architectural decisions, and drive meaningful outcomes within one of the domains.
We work with modern technologies including TypeScript, Go, and cloud-native architectures, with a strong emphasis on DevOps, automation, and system reliability. You’ll contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and resilient distributed systems. If you enjoy building cutting-edge applications in a fast-paced environment using event-driven architectures, domain services, and containerized systems, we’d love to hear from you.
Some key responsibilities of your role:
Lead by example as a trusted technical role model and mentor
Design and document scalable technical solutions
Build and deliver large-scale or complex projects that are fit for purpose
Write clean, well-crafted, scalable, and maintainable code
Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve solutions post-release (Agile)
Write high-quality unit tests
Perform senior-level code reviews to ensure robustness and reliability
Refactor core framework components to improve performance and scalability
Contribute to high-level technology and architecture discussions
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to solve challenges at scale
What you need to succeed:
Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer leading the delivery and quality of one or more engineering teams
Strong technical capability in software design, architecture, and implementation
Deep understanding of object-oriented design principles, modular design, and common design patterns
Experience building, consuming, and evolving modern APIs
Experience guiding and supporting Agile delivery practices, including Scrum, Kanban, and other frameworks
Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and solve complex engineering problems
Experience improving engineering culture, processes, and ways of working
Strong understanding of cloud principles and best practices
Hands-on experience with modern web technologies (e.g. React)
Experience with backend technologies such as Go, TypeScript, or other OO languages
Experience working with AWS and cloud infrastructure platforms
Solid experience with unit testing and automated testing practices
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 + Fruit + Food Truck Friday
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: https://careers.idexx.com/us/en/veterinary-software
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.