Architect

IDEXX continues to invest in Veterinary Software with a goal to offer the first vertical SaaS platform for Animal Health. We’re growing both our capacity to deliver impactful software and the technical expertise to tackle future challenges relating to scale. Auckland’s home to our global software center of excellence where we develop a portfolio of cloud platforms and applications.

We’re seeking a highly skilled Principal Architect to join our Auckland based architecture practice who drive the ongoing scale and fit-for-purpose software architecture at IDEXX. You'll lead the adoption of effective architectural designs and engineering practices, influencing teams across the organization. Your expertise will be critical in designing architecture for both simple and complex projects, requiring a broad technical knowledge and a passion for innovation.

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!

You’ll drive architectural strategy and thought leadership for a diverse portfolio of products, including Patient Management Systems, Workflow Tools, Client Communications, Wellness Plan Management, Business Intelligence, Referral Management, Payment Services, and Diagnostic Decision Support. These products span the entire lifecycle, from innovation to retirement, using a variety of technologies from cloud-native solutions to legacy client-server systems.

Some key responsibilities of your role:
Drive the ongoing scale and fit-for-purpose architecture at IDEXX by championing the adoption and evolution of architectural designs and engineering practices across all teams.
Create architecture for multiple projects, including those of higher complexity that span disciplines and systems.
Ensure current architectural designs remain effective and scalable for future needs.
Advocate for architectural and engineering excellence across teams.
Influence and guide high-level technical visions, aligning them with Engineering and Product goals.
Align the architecture roadmap with the product roadmap, ensuring mutual influence and synergy.
Champion organizational processes to enhance the ability of product engineering teams to deliver value.
Oversee the definition and evolution of IDEXX’s engineering values, principles, practices, standards, and behaviors across all teams.
Ensure product engineering teams deliver fit-for-purpose solutions in collaboration with Product and Engineering Management.
Prioritize pragmatic technical improvements, such as repair, debt recovery, and refactoring, while considering measurable business impact.
Take accountability for all architectural changes, including approval of:
External interfaces exposed via APIs, template variables, and database access.
Changes to overall architecture and macro technical structures.

What you need to succeed:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering or a related field
Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years as a senior technical subject matter expert
Proven technical people leader and influencer.
Experience with principles and practices related to cloud technologies.
Experience with modernising legacy code and decoupling monolithic solutions into modern architectural designs that meet business needs.
Experience working in a rapidly growing technology company.

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 breakout space!
Coffee + snacks + catered lunches at least twice a week (Food Truck Friyay!)
Dog friendly office
Fully subsidized Southern Cross Health insurance
Part subsidized parking via Parkable

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.
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