The posting
About this role:
Apply if you’re excited to:
- Lead the technical vision, architecture, and long-term engineering strategy for the platform, driving architectural decisions that balance speed, flexibility, maintainability, and long-term platform health as the business grows
- Design and evolve a platform capable of supporting integrations across dozens of third-party systems — including pharmaceutical manufacturers and clinic systems — while maintaining reliability, observability, and operational excellence
- Architect data pipelines, APIs, and services that enable seamless data exchange between veterinary clinics, pet owners, drug manufacturers, and industry partners
- Translate market opportunities and customer needs into scalable technical solutions that directly support product roadmap planning and prioritization
- Work to streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and improve system reliability and throughput
- Oversee the end-to-end technical execution of key initiatives — managing timelines, dependencies, and cross-functional coordination to ensure on-time delivery and high-quality outcomes
- Conduct architecture reviews and hands-on technical guidance sessions, providing project-level oversight for complex initiatives spanning multiple teams and systems
- Identify and mitigate technical risks associated with third-party integrations, data quality, platform scalability, and system performance before they impact customers or partners
- Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends related to integrations, data platforms, APIs, and distributed systems to inform the technical roadmap
About You:
- 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with at least 5 years operating at a Director of Engineering level or equivalent technical leadership capacity
- .NET expert as well as deep expertise in designing and operating distributed systems, integration platforms, APIs, and data-intensive applications at scale
- Demonstrated experience building and supporting complex third-party integrations, preferably within healthcare, veterinary technology, fintech, SaaS, or similarly interconnected ecosystems
- Strong understanding of system architecture, event-driven design, data modeling, and modern cloud-native application development
- Proven ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and drive alignment without formal authority
- Experience evaluating architectural tradeoffs and making pragmatic decisions that balance short-term business needs with long-term scalability
- Strong proficiency in modern programming languages and cloud platforms, with the ability to contribute hands-on when needed
- Self-directed and highly collaborative with a builder's mindset, strong business acumen, and a genuine passion for solving complex problems that impact real customers
PetDesk combines the industry's most user-friendly client engagement tools with the highest-rated pet parent app to simplify your veterinary clinic’s operations while strengthening client relationships.
Our recruiting process is rooted in “Who: The A Method of Hiring”. This standardized interview process allows candidates to answer the same questions, experience the same process, and ensure a fair performance review from multiple perspectives.
Please, no external recruiters—candidate profiles submitted from external recruiting agencies will not be considered.



