Live Your BEST LIFE at Lap of Love!
Lap of Love is the nation’s most trusted and recommended provider of in-home end-of-life veterinary care. Our team of veterinarians is solely dedicated to providing compassionate in-home euthanasia, veterinary hospice, telehospice, and pet loss support services for pets and the families who love them.

Enjoy a Career You Love at a Company That Supports YOU
As veterinary professionals, we give so much of ourselves. At Lap of Love, we believe your job should give something back to you, too. Here, you’ll find fulfilling work, genuine support, and the opportunity to practice medicine from the heart.

Why Choose Lap of Love?
Living your best life starts with feeling supported…professionally and personally. That’s why we go beyond traditional benefits to care for the whole you.

-	Freedom to Live Fully – Your life outside of work is just as important to us as your professional life.

-	Guaranteed Appreciation – More gratitude than you’ve ever experienced in veterinary medicine!

-	A Culture of Kindness – Our people are our strength, and they thrive in our positive, upbeat, supportive culture. 

-	Flexible Schedules – 2-5 day-per-week schedules for doctors with an average of 3-4 appointments per day. Work-from-home flexibility for other staff.

-	Unmatched Training and Support – Comprehensive training, ongoing mentorship, and development support. Free Peaceful Euthanasia certification for DMVs and most team members.

-	Generous Benefits Package – Everything you’d expect and more. You’ll love our personal well-being stipend!

You don’t have to choose between fulfilling work and a full life. At Lap of Love, you can truly live your best life, in your career and beyond.

Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice

Providing compassionate, in-home end-of-life care for pets and the people who love them…because pets are family!

Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8AM - 5PM ET

Classification: Full Time - Exempt

Salary: $115,000

Reports To: Sr. Manager of Systems Administration

Department: Innovation and Technology

Travel Required: Yes - 2%; annual travel for department onsite meeting (up to 4 days)

Location: Remote

Lap of Love is a national practice dedicated exclusively to in-home end-of-life care for pets. We believe all pets and their families deserve the most compassionate and supportive end-of-life experience. Our veterinarians help pets and their parents with quality of life assessments, pain and anxiety management, end-of-life consultations, and peaceful euthanasia in the comfort of their pet's favorite place - home.

Position Description

Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice, headquartered in Lutz, FL., seeks to add a key member to its growing team by employing a .NET API Developer to join our Systems Administration team, an extension of the Innovation and Technology department. As the .NET Developer, this individual will be a member of a team that is responsible for the development of REST APIs for our proprietary CRM platform, Sunshine. They'll be working on a cross functional team tasked with building APIs and integrations to consume those APIs to support the work that our Veterinarians perform in the field. If you've ever wanted to help architect and build an API layer from barebones, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

The ideal candidate will have a solid working knowledge of .NET 8, ASP.NET Core Web API, Entity Framework(EF8), and Microsoft SQL Server. They will write high quality, testable code using xUnit + Moq and must be proficient at writing detailed logging to observability tools like AWS Open Search, Cloud Watch, or Azure App Insights. Experience using Autofac + ASP.NET Core DI for dependency management and working with the Fluent API for request validation. This person will also need to understand how to implement oAuth 2.0 and JWT Bearer Validation workflows using Entra AD as the identity provider.

We work as a team here at Lap of Love. This person will be expected to work with a cross functional team consisting of development resources for the core Sunshine platform, our Cloud Administrator and Cloud Developer for all things DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform, and Cloud Provisioning along with project managers, product owners, and senior leadership. They should be comfortable translating business requirements into working code with minimal direct supervision.

In addition, Lap of Love is embracing AI tools. The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of using Claude Code or similar tools while maintaining a human-in-the-loop workflow.

Requirements


Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Assist with the architecture and development of API endpoints for our proprietary CRM platform, SunshineAssist with the development and maintenance of backend integration stacks for 3rd party APIsCollaborate with the core Sunshine development team to assist with refactoring existing API endpoints, triaging issues, or troubleshooting performance issues as it relates to the API or Data Access layerCreating documentation of the API layer using tools such as SwaggerReview workload monitoring and identify opportunities for improvement


Experience, Education, And Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, system administration, or a related field required - may be substituted with relevant work experience and a demonstrated level of expertise3-5 years of experience writing C# using .NET 83-5 years of experience working with Entity Framework (EF8 or newer)3-5 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server3-5 years of experience working with ASP.NET Core Web API3-5 years of experience writing tests using Xunit and Moq3-5 years of experience developing in a multi-cloud environment (AWS and Azure)Thorough understanding of RESTful API Development best practicesThorough understanding of JavaScript and React front-end, specifically how it consumes and interacts with API endpointsComfortable using Claude Code to assist with development and iteration on work items while maintaining a human-in-the-loop workflow


Physical And Other Job Requirements

Some early mornings or late nights may be requiredAble to sit for prolonged periods of time of up to 8 hours per dayAble to work 40 hours per week during core hours (8am-5pm ET)Able to frequently communicate by telephone and through use of computer technologies, including but not limited to email and video conferencingPossess manual dexterity, fine motor skills, and the ability to operate a computer, read a computer screen and type on a keyboard for prolonged periods of time of up to 8 hours per dayAble to quickly learn custom softwareAccess to reliable and secure internetMaintain confidentiality of all patient, client, and business informationComply with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines

This job posting is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, but it aims to highlight the typical main responsibilities of the position. At the request of their supervisor, this individual may be asked to perform additional duties or take on additional responsibilities to better meet the needs of their department.

Benefits

Health Insurance Plan (Medical) with 100% employee paid HSA option available Dental and Vision Plans Retirement Plan (Traditional 401k with 3% match and Roth 401k) Paid Time Off Bereavement Leave Paid Parental Leave Company Funded Wellness Resources (Mental, Financial, and Physical)Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary, and AD&D)Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance Training & DevelopmentPet Insurance