Sr Java Application Architect Technical Lead

IT accelerates the success of IDEXX employees and customers by providing scalable and innovative solutions and leadership. We are a global organization that supports all technology needed to deliver products and solutions to customers enabling them to focus on delivering high quality patient care.  We strive to provide exceptional customer service and experience in the most efficient means possible, requiring alignment and cross-functional communication.
 

This is a Sr. Java Developer/Technical Lead opportunity on a highly collaborative, self-managing Agile development team building a greenfield, cloud native global enterprise transactional system that will support thousands of IDEXX employees and a billion-dollar line of business. If you're committed to high quality, continuous improvement, and great software that matters this could be the right opportunity for you!

In This Role:

• You will work with business stakeholders and end users to deeply understand the business domain, in partnership with product and systems analysts.
• You will play a leadership role in designing secure, resilient, scalable, maintainable solutions to meet business requirements, in collaboration with a program architect.
• You will provide guidance to other team members in implementing the design.
• You will spend a significant amount of time personally implementing new system functionality in collaboration with other team members/roles.
• You will collaborate with other Technical Leads on system design, both within the team as well as with other teams that we integrate with
• You will assist with work breakdown and estimation.
• You will maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and processes.
• You will help to drive continuous improvement.
• You will act as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor and change agent.

What You Will Need to Succeed:

Technical Qualifications:

• Java 11+; Java 17 is a plus.  Experience with Kotlin is a plus.
• Spring Boot 2.7+
• Cloud development experience.  Google Cloud Platform is preferred.
• Familiarity with at least one of the following: Google Cloud Datastore, MongoDB, AWS DynamoDB, Apache Cassandra
• Fluent in REST Concepts and HTTP
• Experience with Kubernetes is a strong plus
• Experience with Terraform is a strong plus
• Demonstrated ability to set up and maintain project infrastructure
• Experience with distributed systems development and hexagonal architecture is a strong plus
• Groovy experience is a plus
• Demonstrated familiarity with and commitment to DDD, TDD, BDD and/or CI/CD is a plus

Non-Technical Qualifications:

• Highly collaborative
• Comfortable working directly with end-users
• Comfortable working as part of a larger team
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction to other developers
• A focus on team success over individual results with a demonstrated interest in creating a better development process

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 diseases. 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.

What you can expect from us:
• Base annual salary target: $140,000 - $160,000 (yes, we do have flexibility if needed)
• Opportunity for annual cash bonus as well as equity package
• Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day-One
• 5% matching 401k
• Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more!

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