Staff Platform Engineer, Vetcove

$115-200k

+ Bonus and equity. For Colorado, the salary range is: $135,000 - $175,000 + bonus and equity

Python

Django

Redis

Postgres

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

Single-source veterinarian supply shop

Job no longer available

Single-source veterinarian supply shop

201-500 employees

B2BMarketplacePetsSupply ChaineCommerceProcurement

Job no longer available

$115-200k

+ Bonus and equity. For Colorado, the salary range is: $135,000 - $175,000 + bonus and equity

Python

Django

Redis

Postgres

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

201-500 employees

B2BMarketplacePetsSupply ChaineCommerceProcurement

Company mission

To provide a fair and ethical marketplace for veterinary purchasing.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives on owning core technical systems, enjoys writing Python to solve platform-wide challenges, and is motivated by the compounding impact of helping engineers move faster and more safely at scale
6+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles
Strong proficiency in Python and experience contributing to production applications
Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL and managed database systems
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developer environments
Pragmatic about tooling, automation, and systems trade-offs
Bonus: Experience with Django, Redis, Postgres and/or sharding/replication patterns
Clear communicator and technical leader, able to drive cross-functional initiatives

What the job involves

Vetcove is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to lead critical initiatives that improve the reliability, performance, and velocity of our engineering systems
You'll own foundational components of our platform—particularly our database architecture, build pipelines, and application dependency management
You’ll work closely with engineering leadership to design scalable solutions that make our systems more resilient and our developers more productive
This role sits at the heart of our technical infrastructure and engineering workflows
The robustness of our internal platforms directly influences the experience we deliver to our users
The systems you’ll own, from our continuous deployment pipelines to our database topologies, will impact every engineer on the team, and by extension, every veterinarian and pet parent who relies on Vetcove every day
Lead major database infrastructure efforts, including:
Version upgrades (e.g. PostgreSQL), including code rewrites to address breaking changes
Designing and maintaining replication and sharding strategies
Provisioning and managing developer-facing databases with performance and isolation in mind
Modernize our application stack:
Proactively identify outdated dependencies across services
Own and execute upgrades of key frameworks, libraries, and SDKs
Partner with product teams to coordinate and implement required code changes
Design and evolve CI/CD and QA pipelines:
Own the architecture and implementation of our continuous delivery systems
Drive improvements in test reliability, deployment safety, and system observability
Ensure that environments and tooling scale with team growth and product complexity
Contribute directly to production code:
You'll write and review Python code, especially in service of system upgrades or migrations
Collaborate with product engineers to streamline integration of platform-level improvements
Mentor engineers and influence technical standards:
Help set best practices for deployment, testing, and dependency management
Serve as a go-to resource for high-impact refactors and cross-cutting initiatives

Our take

Purchasing inventory for veterinary hospitals can be time-consuming and expensive, as finding the best prices requires a lengthy process of researching suppliers and comparing their prices. Whilst some comparison tools do exist for veterinary organizations, existing solutions do not take into account custom negotiations, GPOs or corporate pricing schemes, limiting the thoroughness of comparisons.

Vetcove provides an online marketplace for veterinary hospital inventory procurement, allowing clinics to reduce ordering times and costs through its free service. The company achieves this by allowing users to link their existing vendor accounts and list their custom pricing arrangements, helping inform a more accurate comparison ecosystem and boost supplier sales, whilst resolving supply chain limitations.

Whilst veterinary organizations already have access to the suppliers provided on Vetcove’s marketplace, the company stands out by integrating custom pricing arrangements into the comparison ecosystem. This helps to provide a more holistic and accurate overview of supply chain inventories and costs. Whilst the marketplace is free for veterinary clinics and organizations, the company charges suppliers to be listed.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Dec 2021

$50m

SERIES A

Aug 2016

$3m

SEED

Total funding: $53.2m

Company benefits

Open Vacation Policy
Stock Options & Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
401K Matching

Leadership

Alexander Kates

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Experience as Co-founder and Group Manager of Jersey Angels, LLC from 2009 to 2012. Co-founder and Managing Director of GRX from 2012 to 2015.

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