Senior Data Engineer (London)

IDEXX is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Veterinary Software team in London! This is an exciting opportunity for a data engineer looking to expand their technical leadership skills and make an impact in a meaningful industry. This role will be hybrid, with 2 days onsite in our Wimbledon office, London.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will lead data migration strategies and implementation across hybrid cloud environments (primarily AWS), enabling smooth and secure movement of legacy and modern systems. You’ll design, develop, and optimise scalable and efficient data pipelines integrating PHP and C#-based applications using .NET framework backend services and React frontends. You’ll utilise tools such as Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (IaC), AWS (Lambda, EC2, EKS, Step Functions, VPC etc.) for ETL, Airflow pipelines, Snowflake, and ensure architectural alignment with AI/ML initiatives and data-driven services.

You will serve as the go-to engineer for:

• End-to-end data migration architecture (on-premise to cloud or cloud-to-cloud).
• Designing scalable and secure systems using AWS services like S3, Lambda, EKS, EC2, VPC, RDS.
• Interfacing with both legacy PHP/C# systems and modern .NET cloud-native services.

We’re also looking for someone with some experience in AI to help us drive our AI data projects forward. This role will support the ezyVet product, a cloud-based Veterinary Practice Management Software. We provide easy-to-use software that helps veterinary practices save time, increase revenue, communicate better with clients, and reduce workload stress.

A bit more about the role, you will:

• Lead migration of data assets from legacy systems to our cloud-native environments using AWS and our bespoke Conversion Framework.
• Build new and maintain existing bespoke systems.
• Implement .NET-based microservices with strong observability and integration with data platforms.
• Develop custom ETL pipelines using AWS, Python, and MySQL.
• Implement governance, lineage, and monitoring to ensure high availability and traceability.
• Collaborate with AI/ML teams to enable model training pipelines with robust and reliable data access.
• Leverage metadata and structured data modeling to support AI model explainability and audit trails.
• Guide engineering teams on best practices for cloud-based data handling, Terraform, and secure service architecture.
• Coach junior developers and collaborate cross-functionally with product and platform teams.

So what are we looking for?

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in software or data engineering, with strong recent experience in cloud data migrations.
• Proficient with MySQL, OOP, AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda).
• Experience with PHP, C#, .NET Core, React, Python, AWS EKS.
• Experience working on AI projects ideal!
• Strong knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience working in environments with AI/ML components or interest in learning data workflows for ML applications.
• Bonus if you have exposure to Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
• Experience with data compliance regulations (GDPR).

What you can expect from us:

• Opportunity for annual bonuses.
• Medical Insurance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Work from home and wellbeing stipends.
• 10% pension contribution.

If you’re looking for a role that’ll challenge you, offer a variety of work and learning, while helping an amazing industry, we’d love to hear from you!

Why IDEXX:

We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. Let’s pursue what matters together.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer.