What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Business Partner- Application Development position at Zoetis?
Role Description
POSITION SUMMARY
Lead the globally distributed front-end and back-end teams in the hands-on developing and maintaining of Basepaws' internal and external web applications.
Work with the Head of Engineering, other software engineers, the Product Team, and, on occasion, other members of the Zoetis/Basepaws organization.
A collaborative work ethic and easy-going nature are a must. Extensive experience in similar roles as part of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) environment is a big plus.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
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, as well as 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 with a focus on the scalability of the overall architecture
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred
TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
- 2 years of experience as a Software Engineering Team Lead
- 7 years of experience as a Back end or Full Stack Software Engineer, including the following experience:
- Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining enterprise B2B and B2C applications
- Relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Typescript or JavaScript (TS is strongly preferred)
- NodeJS
- Experience with or a strong understanding of ReactJS.
- Ubuntu, including installation and shell scripting.
- Agile
- Microservices architecture
- Kubernetes
- AWS Cloud services (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Athena, etc.)
- 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.
Bonus Capabilities
- 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.
About Zoetis
At Zoetis, our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues' careers, connection and support. We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Connected to our purpose and Core Beliefs, at Zoetis, we lead with inclusion. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) focus helps create an environment where each colleague can thrive. Our commitment to DE&I begins with our leadership team of diverse backgrounds, experiences and ethnicities, and it is demonstrated in our support of our colleagues and the animal health industry. We have nine colleague resources groups whose members spread awareness, foster inclusivity and make a positive impact on our business and communities.
Our commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has earned us recognitions as a 2024 Catalyst Award recipient and a Top 50 Company for Workplace Fairness by Fair360 (formerly DiversityInc). Zoetis has also been named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality, a Best Company for Working Parents, a Top Company for Executive Women, among many others. Learn more here.
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