Analyst Programmer

Covetrus is a global animal-health technology and services leader dedicated to empowering veterinary practice partners to drive improved health and financial outcomes. We bring together products, services, and technology into a single platform that connects our customers to the solutions and insights they need to work best. Our passion for the well-being of animals and those who care for them drives us to advance the world of veterinary medicine.

The Role We are seeking interest for a Software Developer (internally referred to as ‘Analyst/Programmer’) to join the Development team, reporting to the Development Team Lead. You will work on the systems that support our business across Australia and New Zealand: our customer-facing platforms, core business systems, and the integrations that connect them with finance, warehousing, and partner platforms. We use AI-assisted development tools as a normal part of how we work and you will use them well to write and change code efficiently, so that more of your time goes into the parts that make a change succeed: clear requirements, sound design, thorough testing, and smooth delivery.

Your responsibilities will include –

• Own small to medium projects and change requests end to end, from requirements through to release and handover (larger initiatives are run with a designated Project Manager).
• Work with business stakeholders to understand processes and problems, clarify requirements, and agree on scope and acceptance criteria before build begins.
• Design practical, maintainable solutions, and raise alternatives where there’s a simpler or better way to meet the need.
• Build and modify features, integrations, and automations across our stack, using AI-assisted tools to work efficiently.
• Develop and maintain integrations between internal systems and third-party platforms, choosing the most appropriate technology for each one.
• Test your own work properly, coordinate UAT with stakeholders, and manage issues through to sign-off.
• Plan and carry out releases and produce the documentation and handover the team needs to support what you’ve built.
• Contribute to code reviews, team practices, and how we use AI tools as a team.

About You

Ideally you will display –

• Commercial software development experience at a mid to senior level combined with a solid understanding of application design, relational databases and SQL, and system integration (APIs, file-based and message-based interfaces).
• Practical, day-to-day experience with AI-assisted development tools, and the judgement to review, test, and own the code they help produce.
• Confidence working directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements and manage expectations and the ability to manage your own work.
• A disciplined approach to testing, UAT, and release, and an understanding that delivery isn’t done until it’s working in production and supported.
• Willingness to learn unfamiliar technologies and languages. Parts of our environment use less common platforms, and we don’t expect prior experience with them.

Desirable:

• C# / .NET experience.
• Experience with both Windows and Linux server environments.
• Experience working with ERP, warehouse, finance, or e-commerce systems.

Why Join Us?

At Covetrus, we’re proud of our family friendly culture and respectful workplace. We embrace diversity in our workforce and encourage applications from like-minded persons from all walks of life. Covetrus team members are eligible to access a suite of fantastic benefits, to help them look after themselves, their family and their beloved pets. These include –

• Generous discounts on our range of animal health food & enrichment products.
• Access to Perkbox/Boost apps for discounts on everyday shopping & amazing health & wellbeing resources.
• Additional leave benefits – annual birthday leave, paid parental leave, & the option to purchase additional leave.
• Flexible hybrid Work From Home options & dog-friendly offices (select roles and locations).
• Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• Reward & recognition through our quarterly Values Awards and our Service Anniversary Awards.
• Professional development through our Leadership Development & Emerging Leadership courses.
• Access to annual flu vaccinations.
• Annual volunteer days.