Technical Lead Software Engineer

As a Technical Lead Software Engineer, you will lead a high-performing engineering squad within our Auckland innovation hub, delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions across our Veterinary Software platform. You’ll play a key role in solving complex challenges across Clinical, Practice Management, and Client Engagement domains while driving technical excellence and delivery outcomes.

The Veterinary Software division is focused on building a vertical SaaS platform dedicated to Animal Health. Our teams are scaling rapidly to accelerate our roadmap, unify our platforms, and deliver innovative solutions that improve veterinary workflows and strengthen connections between vets and pet parents.

In this role:

• You lead by example as a trusted technical role model and mentor

• You design and document scalable, effective technical solutions

• You build and deliver large-scale or complex projects that meet intended outcomes

• You write clean, well-crafted, scalable, and maintainable code

• You monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve solutions post-release in an Agile environment

• You write high-quality unit tests to ensure code reliability

• You perform senior-level code reviews that strengthen robustness and consistency

• You refactor core framework components to enhance performance and scalability

• You contribute meaningfully to high-level technology and architecture discussions

• You collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to solve challenges at scale

• You guide architectural decisions and influence technical direction within your squad

• You contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and resilient distributed systems

Why this role matters:

This role sits at the heart of IDEXX’s mission to transform animal health through technology. You will directly influence how veterinary practices operate by delivering scalable, reliable software solutions that improve patient outcomes, streamline practice workflows, and enhance client engagement. Your leadership and technical expertise will help accelerate our platform unification and innovation.

What you need to succeed:

• 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

What you can expect from us:

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

• Competitive compensation including incentive opportunities

• Continuous learning and development (internal and external)

• Hybrid working model with a collaborative office environment

• Great tech kit for work and personal use

• Onsite amenities including gym and rooftop terrace

• Coffee, fresh fruit, and Food Truck Fridays

• Dog-friendly office

• Fully subsidized Southern Cross health insurance

• Partially subsidized parking

• Clear career pathways and growth opportunities

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.