IT Engineering & Technology Lead

POSITION SUMMARY

Lead the front-end and back-end software engineering teams in the hands-on development of new features, iterating on existing features, and reducing tech debt.

Work with the Head of Engineering, other software engineers, the Product Team, and, on occasion, other members of the Zoetis/Basepaws organization. 

A collaborative work ethic and easy-going nature are a must. Extensive experience in similar roles as part of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) environment is a big plus. 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the front-end and back-end software engineering teams in developing new features, iterating on existing features, and reducing tech debt

Collaborate with the Product team on designs and plans for new and existing features within our application suite

Work with the Data team to ensure that Engineering, Product, Science, and other teams have access to the data they require

Drive the documentation of the architecture and all development processes

Ensure the code’s reliability, uptime, security, and speed meet expectations

Work with the Head of Engineering and the Product team to plan work for upcoming sprints, as well as retrospectives

Work with the team to build the vision created by the Product team with a strong emphasis on building solid, dependable, well-documented code with a focus on the scalability of the overall architecture

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• 2+ years of experience as a Software Engineering Team Lead 

• 7+ years of experience as a Back end or Full Stack Software Engineer, including the following experience: 

• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining enterprise B2B and B2C applications 

• Relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) 

• Typescript or JavaScript (TS is strongly preferred) 

• NodeJS 

• Experience with or a strong understanding of ReactJS. 

• Ubuntu, including installation and shell scripting. 

• Agile 

• Microservices architecture 

• Kubernetes 

• AWS Cloud services (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Athena, etc.) 

• Design and implementation of data structures and tools for use in data analytics.  

• Excellent collaborative and communication skills 

• Strong testing and documentation habits 

• Independent and able to take ownership of features/projects.

Bonus Capabilities 

• Strong Object-Oriented Programming experience 

• Microservices Architecture experience 

• Experience with PM2 for NodeJS 

• D2C experience 

• Experience with genomics, bioinformatics, or similar scientific pipelines.  

• Experience working with MongoDB, or other NoSQL databases.  

The following base pay range reflects the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to
be located in (Colorado). Base pay may vary based on location and other factors.

Base Pay Range: $91,000-$131,000

The following base pay range reflects the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in (California), (NJ Remote), (NY Remote), or (Washington). Base pay may vary based on location and
other factors.

Base Pay Range:$103,000-$148,000

[This position is eligible for short-term incentive compensation.] [The position is also eligible for long-term incentive.]

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, which includes healthcare, dental coverage, and

retirement savings benefits along with paid holidays, vacation, and disability insurance

Full time

Regular

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