Technical Lead AI Software Engineer

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Auckland
In-Office
Senior level
Biotech
The Role
Lead the design and implementation of AI-powered systems, enhance engineering workflows, and mentor junior engineers in AI innovations.
Summary Generated by Built In
At IDEXX Veterinary Software, we're pioneering the first vertical SaaS platform for Animal Health—empowering veterinarians worldwide with intelligent tools that save lives and advance care.
As we scale our engineering tribes to solve complex challenges in this mission-driven space, we're seeking a Technical Lead AI Software Engineer who thrives on leveraging AI to transform how teams build and innovate.
In this high-impact role, you'll lead the charge in creating AI-driven systems, tools, and developer experiences that accelerate software development, eliminate friction, and infuse joy into the process. Drawing on the latest in generative AI, machine learning, and agentic systems, you'll prototype intelligent workflows, optimize cross-team collaboration, and drive adoption of cutting-edge tooling. With significant ownership, you'll shape the future of our engineering culture while advancing AI capabilities that directly benefit our customers—such as autonomous agents that streamline veterinary diagnostics and workflows.
What You'll Do
  • Architect AI-Powered Developer Tools: Design and implement scalable AI systems using modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) to automate code generation, debugging, and testing—making development faster, more intuitive, and enjoyable for our teams.
  • Pioneer Agentic AI Innovations: Advance autonomous AI agents capable of independent decision-making and problem-solving, integrating them into our SaaS platform to deliver real value, like predictive analytics for animal health data or adaptive user experiences.
  • Enhance Engineering Workflows and Experiences: Collaborate across tribes to identify bottlenecks, prototype AI-enhanced solutions (e.g., natural language interfaces for DevOps tasks), and foster best-in-class practices—while mentoring junior engineers and influencing strategic roadmaps.
Our teams build with modern web technologies like TypeScript and Go, embracing cloud-native architectures, event-driven systems, domain services, containerization, and distributed computing. We prioritize DevOps excellence through CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and reliability engineering, ensuring AI integrations are robust and performant in a fast-paced environment.
If you're a senior AI leader passionate about pushing boundaries—whether through generative models for creative problem-solving or scalable agentic systems—and excited to apply your expertise to a domain with profound impact (like improving animal health outcomes), join us in making veterinary software smarter and more accessible.

Apply now and help us redefine AI's role in animal healthcare innovation!

What you can expect from us: 

  • Structured onboarding, induction, ongoing training and transparent performance driven professional development 

  • Rewarding salary packages including lucrative incentive schemes for all 

  • Continuous L&D (both internal and externally) 

  • Great tech kit for both work and personal use 

  • Hybrid working with a great office space to collaborate - including a gym and roof top terrace! 

  • Coffee + snacks + Food Truck Friyay several times a month! 

  • Dog friendly office 

  • Fully subsidized Southern Cross Health insurance 

  • Part subsidized parking via Parkable 

  • Career pathways that will take you places if you are willing and able 

So, what is IDEXX Veterinary Software?   

Here in Auckland we develop a portfolio of cloud platforms and applications. We’re building a vertical SaaS platform for animal health that requires significant technical expertise to deliver. Solutions for practice management (PIMS), diagnostics, payments, client engagement, analytics & insight plus many more. We’re on 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: https://careers.idexx.com/us/en/veterinary-software 

At 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 

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. 

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Top Skills

Ci/Cd
Cloud-Native Architectures
Distributed Computing
Go
Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Typescript
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The Company
HQ: Westbrook, ME
6,764 Employees
Year Founded: 1983

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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