Sr Manager Software Development

IDEXX • Portland, ME

5h • $155,000 - $165,000

About The Position

As the Software Development Engineering Manager for IDEXX Veterinary Software, you will manage and grow the VetSoft Payments engineering team, a group of experienced, dedicated, and skilled engineers building a mission‑critical, cloud‑native payments platform for the veterinary industry. You will inherit a strong foundation and continue to evolve the platform as customer needs and business priorities grow.
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a distributed engineering team while delivering secure, reliable, and scalable payment capabilities that create lasting value for veterinary practices, corporate partners, and pet owners worldwide.

Requirements

• You have experience managing a software development team or in a similar role, including 10 or more years total in Software, 3 or more years in Software Leadership
• You have a strong technical background, have personally delivered solutions in a similar technical stack, and willing to stay hands‑on in leading teams
• Experience designing, building, and operating mission‑critical SaaS systems
• Strong experience with TypeScript / Node.js, React, AWS‑based serverless architectures, and RESTful APIs
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and test strategy
• Proficiency with standard development tools such as Jira, Confluence, Slack, etc.
• Strong experience using AI coding tools / AI developer productivity tools

Nice To Haves

• Advanced knowledge and experience with AWS services and architectures
• Experience with designing and implementing mission critical systems that manage large scale data sets.
• In-depth experience creating API/Service interfaces.
• Experience in payments, fintech, or other regulated environments is a big plus
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and multi‑region deployments
• Experience significantly improving developer productivity, delivery cadence, and engineering throughput – especially through the use of AI
• Experience leading technology projects across different time zones, and engineering teams in multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a geographically distributed engineering team across the U.S. and UK, fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, and continuous improvement
• Define and maintain a technical roadmap that supports platform scalability, reliability, and security
• Partner closely with Product to translate themes and strategy into clear technical execution through agile delivery
• Drive high engineering velocity while maintaining a strong focus on quality, reliability, and operational excellence
• Establish and evolve engineering standards, development practices, CI/CD pipelines, and test strategies
• Champion secure engineering practices and sound operational discipline for systems processing financial transactions
• Team with commercial stakeholders such as corporate strategy, marketing, customer support and operations
• Recruit, mentor, and retain top engineering talent

Benefits

• Salary $155,000 – $165,000
• Opportunity for annual cash bonus
• Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day-One
• 5% matching 401k
• Additional benefits include pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees