The Role
Covetrus is a global animal health organization providing a range of integrated products and services which drive improved clinical and financial outcomes for vets and pet owners. We have a long history of innovation, continuous improvement, and excellence in customer service to our vets and veterinary practice clients. We’re bringing together products, services, and technology into a single platform that connects our customers to the solutions and insights they need to work best. Our passion for the well-being of animals and those who care for them drives us to advance the world of veterinary medicine.
As we continue our SaaS journey, we are seeking an experienced frontend Software Engineer to join our Technology Solutions team based at Eight Mile Plains (flexible working available). You will be an enthusiastic developer with an eye for detail and a desire to contribute not just code, but opinions, suggestions and innovations from initial designs through the full SDLC towards building a globally reaching first-class SaaS product. You should be experienced and confident in writing great user interfaces in Angular and be comfortable contributing independently or paired up with other teammates.
As Software Engineer, you will:
- Implementing angular components, UI and workflows as part of a large business application using designs and user stories for guidance
- Have experience with responsive design approaches
- Work in sprints as part of a close, friendly, highly-collaborative team
- Have an appreciation for cloud-native aspects of software development – performance, security, deployment etc
- Be passionate about writing maintainable code that will be critical in the daily running of Veterinary Practices in multiple countries
- Be conscious and have experience with testing strategies
- Support our product team with the art of the possible through the design process
- Peer reviewing code changes from the team and assisting with implementing best practice patterns.
- Collaborating closely with backend developers, Ux designers, QA, Dev Ops, Business Analyst and Product Owner to complete user stories.
- Contributing and sharing ideas of continual improvement with the team.
- Using Azure technologies and functions where required, including pipelines and releases.
- Opportunities to contribute to backend .NET code and develop full stack skills
- Present work to stakeholders at sprint reviews and code review sessions.
About You
To be successful you will have;
- Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology combined with demonstrated 2-5 years expertise in JavaScript, Angular, TypeScript.
- Great knowledge of CSS, SASS, and/or Tailwind.
- Good knowledge of Angular testing, front end web testing with Playwright.
- Demonstrated experience with web application security and understanding of Azure or alternative cloud technologies.
- Strong understanding of the full Software Development Life Cycle, including reviewing the Design Story Writing and QA stages.
- Confidence in suggesting and making changes, seeking out opportunities for collaboration and iterating on code based on feedback.
- Demonstrated experience in an AGILE working environment ideally within the IT-enabled healthcare or animal health industry (though not essential).
Why Join Us?
At Covetrus, we’re proud of our family friendly culture and respectful workplace. We embrace diversity in our workforce and encourage applications from like-minded persons from all walks of life. Covetrus team members are eligible to access a suite of fantastic benefits, to help them look after themselves, their family and their beloved pets. These include –
- Generous discounts on our range of animal health food & enrichment products.
- Access to Perkbox/Boost apps for discounts on everyday shopping & amazing health & wellbeing resources.
- Additional leave benefits – annual birthday leave, paid parental leave, & the option to purchase additional leave.
- Flexible hybrid Work from Home options & dog-friendly offices (for select roles and locations).
- Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program.
- Reward & recognition through our quarterly Values Awards and our Service Anniversary Awards.
- Professional development through our Leadership Development & Emerging Leadership courses.
- Access to annual flu vaccinations.
- Annual volunteer days.
Covetrus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
