We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the platform powering our diagnostic data services. Our team builds and maintains the APIs that deliver reliable, performant data to internal teams and external partners. You'll work across the full lifecycle — from design through deployment and ongoing support — partnering with analysts, product managers, and other engineers to turn business needs into systems people can depend on.
This is a hybrid role and will require you to be in the office 2 days per week.
What you'll do:
Design, build, test, debug, and document software based on technical configurations developed with analysts and project teams. Estimate and track effort to support project planning and financial tracking.
Translate technical configurations into program designs that operate efficiently and reliably. Understand the business function the application supports and ensure your design integrates cleanly with related systems.
Write production code in the languages and frameworks best suited to the problem at hand.
Test and debug rigorously to ensure smooth, predictable operation in production.
Document program design, code, and operational details so others can develop, use, and maintain the systems you build.
Support, update, and maintain existing systems in response to business needs, defects, and changing requirements. Coordinate with project teams to design, code, test, and document changes.
Partner with project team members to define application requirements — identifying business needs, evaluating available technologies, and presenting clear, well-reasoned solutions.
Contribute to system architecture decisions, particularly for the services and APIs your team owns.
You'll occasionally be on call.
What you need to be successful:
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping and maintaining production systems.
Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, and/or Node.js with TypeScript, building and operating production APIs.
Hands-on experience designing and building RESTful APIs that are reliable, performant, well-documented, and easy for partners to integrate against.
Solid understanding of both relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases — comfortable with schema and data-model design, query tuning, and reasoning about data correctness. Hands-on experience with document stores such as Amazon DocumentDB and Google Cloud Datastore is a plus.
Familiarity with cloud service providers, particularly Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform — including the services typically used to run and observe API workloads (compute, storage, messaging, monitoring).
Experience with modern engineering practices: version control (Git), automated testing, CI/CD, code review, and incremental delivery.
Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can explain technical trade-offs to engineers and non-engineers alike, and your documentation is clear enough that the next person doesn't need to ask.
A collaborative mindset and a strong sense of ownership — you take problems to completion and care about the experience of the people using what you build.
Nice to have:
Experience working with healthcare, life sciences, or diagnostic data, and an appreciation for the privacy and reliability standards those domains require.
Exposure to event-driven architectures, message brokers (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub, SQS), or streaming data pipelines.
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, or GKE).
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Experience mentoring other engineers and helping shape team-wide engineering practices.
What you can expect from us:
Salary of $110-$130k based on experience
Opportunity for annual cash bonus
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
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.
While we appreciate our staffing partners, we are unable to accept unsolicited agency resumes.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, and/or Node.js with TypeScript
- Hands-on experience designing and building RESTful APIs
- Solid understanding of relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases
- Familiarity with cloud service providers, particularly AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with modern engineering practices: version control (Git), automated testing, CI/CD
IDEXX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IDEXX and has not been reviewed or approved by IDEXX.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive with day-one eligibility and added programs for mental health and musculoskeletal care. Feedback suggests insurance quality is strong, with multiple plan options and supportive wellness services.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is highlighted through a clear 401(k) match that begins after an initial waiting period. Feedback suggests this materially strengthens total compensation beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs are depicted as generous, including PTO, paid holidays, and volunteer days. Parental leave and adoption assistance add to the breadth of paid leave options.
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What We Do
10,000 people, one global focus - enhancing the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock. We are passionate about what we do at IDEXX – and why wouldn’t we be? When you’re working to raise the standard of care for pets, make drinking water safe for billions and keep our livestock population around the globe healthy and free of disease, it’s no wonder that what we do each day is more than just a job. There’s an energy across IDEXX that is contagious – where caring and committed people come together to make things better. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), a member of the S&P 500, is a leader in pet healthcare innovation, serving practicing veterinarians around the world with a broad range of diagnostic and information technology-based products and services. Headquartered in southern Maine, we conduct operations through more than 70 locations around the world and serve customers in over 175 countries. Our primary business focuses on pet health, a growing market around the world. Our products —in-clinic diagnostic tests and instrumentation, reference laboratory and telemedicine consultation services, and practice management software—enhance the ability of veterinarians to provide advanced medical care, improve staff efficiency and to build more economically successful practices. We also develop and manufacture diagnostic tests and information for the global production animal industry, including poultry and livestock, as well as tests for the quality and safety of water and milk. Please visit our website, IDEXX.com/careers, for further information and to view all of our job opportunities.
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