Technical Lead - Cloud-Native Veterinary Software

IDEXX

Auckland

Hybrid

NZD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Tech kit for work and personal use

Gym onsite

Fully subsidized health insurance

Parking

Job summary

IDEXX Auckland is seeking a Technical Lead Software Engineer to steer a high-performing engineering squad within our Veterinary Software hub. You will deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions across Clinical, Practice Management, and Client Engagement domains.

You will mentor, shape architecture, drive best practices, and collaborate across teams to unite platforms and accelerate roadmap delivery.

Qualifications

Proven experience leading delivery and quality outcomes within one or more engineering teams.
Strong technical capability across software design, architecture, and implementation.
Deep understanding of object-oriented design, modular systems, and design patterns.
Experience building, consuming, and evolving modern APIs.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and solve complex engineering challenges.
Experience guiding Agile delivery practices (Scrum, Kanban, or similar).
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.
Experience improving engineering culture and ways of working.
Familiarity with DevOps practices, event-driven architectures, and containerized systems.

Responsibilities

Lead by example as a technical role model and mentor.
Design and document scalable, effective technical solutions.
Build and deliver large-scale or complex projects that meet outcomes.
Write clean, scalable, maintainable code.
Monitor and improve solutions post-release in an Agile environment.
Write high-quality unit tests to ensure code reliability.
Perform senior-level code reviews to strengthen robustness.
Refactor core framework components for performance/scalability.
Contribute to high-level technology and architecture discussions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve scaling challenges.
Guide architectural decisions and influence technical direction within the squad.
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and distributed systems.