Staff Engineer

As a Staff Engineer you will set the technical direction for IDEXX’s veterinary software platforms, shaping architecture and engineering practices across multiple squads while staying hands-on in the code. This is a hybrid role based in Auckland, with a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. You’ll help lead how we adopt agentic coding and AI-assisted development across the software lifecycle.

The Veterinary Software Engineering department is working on the first fully integrated vertical SaaS platform for Animal Health. Our global Software Centre of Excellence designs, builds, and operates a portfolio that includes Patient Management, Client Communications, Business Intelligence, and Payment Services, spanning cloud-native platforms.

In this role

• You’ll embrace and champion agentic coding and AI-assisted development, helping reimagine how software is designed, specified, verified, and operated.

• You’ll lead architecture and design for complex systems that are robust, scalable, and simple to maintain, and you’ll advocate for simplicity in both design and code.

• You’ll take accountability for architectural approvals, including external interfaces such as APIs and database access, and changes to overall macro technical structures.

• You’ll champion DevOps and automation, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and system reliability.

• You’ll stay close to the work, identifying and resolving complex technical challenges and setting the standard for quality and performance.

• You’ll drive architectural strategy and keep current designs effective as the business, products, and technology evolve.

• You’ll coach and mentor engineering squads, empowering teams through guidance rather than centralized directives so they can make sound technical decisions within clear boundaries.

• You’ll help build a high-performing organization by attracting, developing, and retaining engineers who share IDEXX’s values and competencies.

• You’ll collaborate widely across Engineering, Product, and senior leadership to align architecture with the technical strategy and the product roadmap.

• You’ll make a difference through the people around you, not only through your own output, as a true team player who helps colleagues grow and succeed.

• You’ll champion the engineering values, standards, and processes that help product teams deliver value, including pragmatic improvements like refactoring and debt reduction where the business impact is measurable.

• You’ll research and introduce new technologies and practices that raise team productivity and product quality.

Why this role matters

Veterinary practices depend on our software to keep patient data, client communications, and business insights in one place. Your decisions will shape how those platforms scale globally and how the engineers who build them grow. You’ll help turn ambitious technical goals into simple, reliable systems that veterinary teams can count on every day.

What you need to succeed

• 10+ years’ experience in software engineering, including at least 5 years as a senior technical expert, with a proven track record of hands-on delivery in modern environments

• Proven ability to influence architecture and engineering practice across teams, including people who don’t report to you

• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, event-driven architecture, domain services, containerization, and distributed systems

• Experience modernizing legacy client-server and monolithic systems into cloud-native architectures that meet business needs

• Hands-on experience with agentic coding and AI-assisted development, and a clear view of how it changes the way teams work

• Proficiency in modern web and backend technologies such as Go & TypeScript,

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Preferred

• Experience establishing short- and long-term technical strategy

• Familiarity with data streaming technologies such as Kafka

• Experience with cloud technologies, such as AWS

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and DevSecOps practices

• Experience in a rapidly growing or scaled SaaS environment

What you can expect from us

• Structured onboarding, ongoing training, and transparent, performance-driven professional development

• Continuous learning opportunities, both internal and external

• Hybrid working, with a great office space to collaborate, including a gym and rooftop bar

• Fully subsidized Southern Cross Health insurance

• Part subsidized parking via Parkable

• Coffee, fruit, food truck Fridays, and a dog-friendly office

Why IDEXX

We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve since 1983, our team members help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, ensure safe drinking water for billions, and help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease.

We have customers in over 175 countries and a collaborative global workforce. Our culture embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you’ll be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.

If meaningful work and a sense of purpose are at the top of your list, you’ll find it here.

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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