Staff Software Engineer, Vetcove
$170-300k
+ Bonus + Equity
More information about location
Single-source veterinarian supply shop
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Single-source veterinarian supply shop
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-300k
+ Bonus + Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide a fair and ethical marketplace for veterinary purchasing.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with ownership of complex, production-grade systems
- Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Deep expertise in at least one modern programming language and strong experience with modern web frameworks
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript and React, including architecting large-scale front-end applications
- Proven ability to design scalable systems, APIs, and data models
- Solid experience working with relational databases and optimizing queries
- Consistent practice of writing well-tested, maintainable, and reliable code
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical decision-making
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly
- Collaborative, adaptable, and effective in fast-paced or evolving environments
What the job involves
- As a Staff Software Engineer at Vetcove, you’ll take ownership of major product areas—designing, building, and improving the tools that help veterinary clinics streamline operations, deliver exceptional patient care, and optimize their supply chains
- The systems you create will manage billions of dollars in transactions and empower clinics to focus on their patients, not their logistics
- This isn’t just another engineering job—it’s a chance to tackle meaningful challenges and make a real-world impact
- You’ll be involved in everything: deciding what to build, designing how it works, and ensuring it gets into the hands of users seamlessly
- You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with users, influence the product roadmap, and make a real difference in an industry that impacts millions of animals and their caregivers
- Lead the design, architecture, and delivery of complex product initiatives across web and mobile platforms
- Build and enhance React and React Native applications used by tens of thousands of veterinary professionals and industry partners
- Set engineering standards, drive code quality, and ensure strong test coverage across the codebase
- Develop scalable components, shared libraries, and architectural patterns that support team-wide productivity
- Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and influence engineering direction across multiple teams
- Partner closely with our CTO, engineering leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders to define and execute high-impact solutions
- Design features and data models with accuracy, security, and performance in mind, including optimizing database queries and API interactions
- Troubleshoot complex issues across the stack and lead efforts to improve system performance and reliability
- Work in a fully remote team environment
- Tools We Use:
- Backend: Python (Django, Django Rest Framework)
- Frontend: JavaScript (React, React-Query), Less.js, TypeScript
- Datastores: Postgres, Elasticsearch, Redis, Clickhouse
- Mobile: React Native
- Version Control: Git
Application process
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check
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
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
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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