Technical Lead (Manager)

We are seeking an experiencedTech Lead (Manager)to join our Auckland-based engineering team. This is a genuinely hybrid roleyoullsplit your timeroughly 50/50between hands-on technical delivery and leading your squad. Unlike a pure management roleyoullremain apractisingengineer: building and reviewing code shaping architecture andsettingthe technical bar for your team.

IDEXX continues to make significant strategic investment in Veterinary Software with a clear ambition to deliver the first fully integrated vertical SaaS platform for Animal Health. As our platforms scale globally we are growing a world-class engineering team where technical excellence andpeopleleadership go hand in hand.

Auckland is home to IDEXXsglobal Software Centre of Excellence where we design build andoperatea portfolio of cloud-native platforms and applications that support veterinary professionals worldwide.

As a leaderyoullinspire and mentor a cross-functional squad to deliver complete value streamsbalancing technical quality team satisfaction and delivery outcomes.Youllwork closely with Product Managers Architects and Engineering leadership to align your squad with the product roadmap and broader technical strategy. Working across modern technologies including TypeScript Go and cloud-native architecturesyoullcontribute to building resilient scalable and maintainable systems while creating clear paths for your team to follow.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Hands-On Delivery

• Embrace and championagentic coding and AI-assisted developmentas core to how we build. We are actively reimagining the entire SDLCfrom how we specify and design through to how we verify andoperateour SaaS platform. We expect our Tech Leads to be at the forefront of that transformation.

• Lead from the front: actively deliver features build code andmaintainhigh standardsof automated test coverage alongside your team.

• Create technical architecture and design documentation for complex large-scale systems that are secure scalable and built to last.

• Conduct senior code reviews that raise the quality bar across the squad ensuring robust maintainable code reaches production.

• Support architectural and engineering excellence across the squad contributing to high-level tech stack discussions and driving the platform forward.

People & Team Leadership

• Mentor and develop a cross-functional squad of engineers empowering individuals to reach their full potential through coaching feedback and hands-on support.

• Grow an inclusive psychologically safe environment where people contribute openly hold each other to account and consistently do their best work.

• Establish clear performanceobjectivesand development plans for squad members trackingprogressand holding regular honest conversations about growth.

• Build a high-performing team by attracting recruiting andretainingpeople with the right values mindset and technical capability for IDEXXs needs.

Strategy & Delivery

• Inspire a culture of accountability and end-to-end ownership of your squads product vision ensuring the team understands and is motivated by whattheyrebuilding and why.

• Collaborate with Engineering leadership Product Managers and Architects to align your squad with the product roadmap and overall technical strategy.

• Optimisesquad processes for rapid delivery flowminimiseWIP and ensure stakeholders always have clear andaccurateexpectations.

• Champion engineering process improvement and contribute to the evolution of IDEXXs engineering values practices and standards across all squads.

WhatYoullBring

• 7 years experience as a Software Engineer with a strongtrack recordof hands-on technical delivery in a modern software environment

• Proven ability to lead and mentor engineers whileremainingan active technical contributortechnically credible and hands-on in equal measure

• Demonstrated experience evolving engineering culture and processes toward higher engagement agility automated testing andDevSecOpsmaturity

• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures distributed systems and modern software design principles

• Proficiencyin modern web and backend technologies (e.g.React Go Ruby Java) with the depth to review code mentor engineers and set architectural direction

• Experienceoperatingin Agile environments (Scrum Kanban or hybrid models)

• Prior experience in ascaled SaaS environmentis highly desirable

What you can expect from us:

• Structured onboarding induction ongoingtrainingand transparent performance driven professional development

• Rewarding salary packages including lucrative incentive schemes for all

• Continuous L&D (both internal and externally)

• Hybrid working with a great office space to collaborate - including a gym androof topbar!

• Coffee Fruit Food Truck Friday

• Dog friendly office

• Fully subsidized Southern Cross Health insurance

• Part subsidized parking viaParkable

So what is IDEXX Veterinary Software

Here inAucklandwe develop a portfolio of cloud platforms and applications.Werebuilding a vertical SaaS platform for animal health that requires significant technicalexpertiseto deliver. Solutions for practice management (PIMS) diagnostics payments client engagement analytics & insight plus many more.Wereon 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: 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

Wereproud of the work wedo becauseour 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 10000 talented people.

So what does that meanforyou 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.

Letspursue 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.