IT Engineering & Technology Lead
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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.
About Zoetis
At Zoetis, our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues' careers, connection and support. We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.