Zoetis LLC is seeking an IT Engineering & Technology Lead to manage our front-end and back-end software engineering teams. You will lead the hands-on development of new features, iterate on existing functionality, and drive down technical debt. Your focus will be on building solid, dependable, and well-documented code with an emphasis on scalability, while collaborating closely with Product, Data, and other cross-functional teams.
What You'll Do
- 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 and 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 focused on the scalability of the overall architecture
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2+ years of experience as a Software Engineering Team Lead
- 7+ years of experience as a Back end or Full Stack Software Engineer
- Experience designing, developing, testing, and maintaining enterprise B2B and B2C applications
- Experience with Relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Experience with Typescript or JavaScript (TS is strongly preferred)
- Experience with NodeJS
- Experience with or a strong understanding of ReactJS
- Experience with Ubuntu, including installation and shell scripting
- Experience with Agile
- Experience with Microservices architecture
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with AWS Cloud services (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Athena, etc.)
- Experience with 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
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree
- Extensive experience in similar roles as part of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) environment
- 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
Technical Stack
- PostgreSQL, Typescript, JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS, Ubuntu, Kubernetes
- AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Athena)
- MongoDB
Team & Environment
You will lead the front-end and back-end software engineering teams, working closely with the Head of Engineering, Product Team, Data team, and other members of the Zoetis/Basepaws organization. You will report to the Head of Engineering.
Benefits & Compensation
- Healthcare
- Dental coverage
- Retirement savings benefits
- Paid holidays
- Vacation
- Disability insurance
- Short-term incentive compensation
- Long-term incentive
- Compensation: Colorado: $91,000-$131,000; California, NJ Remote, NY Remote, Washington: $103,000-$148,000
Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification.
