Manager, Engineering

LINQ•Denver, CO

About The Position

As an Engineering Manager at LINQ, you will lead engineering teams responsible for platforms that administer USDA Child Nutrition Programs and support claims, compliance, and reporting for state agencies. You will work closely with Product, Software Engineers, and Quality Assurance Engineers to translate business priorities into reliable, high-quality software. The role balances delivery goals with the growth and well-being of the team. You will ensure teams have the people, processes, and tools needed to deliver on time and with quality. As a coach and clear communicator, you will remove obstacles and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement. The systems are being migrated from a legacy ASP.NET stack to a modern technology stack.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in software application development, including 3+ years leading engineering teams.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Proven experience working with Product to plan, prioritize, and deliver in an Agile or Scrum environment.
Experience with modernization or migration of legacy applications.
Strong understanding of software quality practices, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Experience recruiting, hiring, coaching, and developing engineers.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders.
Comfort with on-call responsibilities and incident response.
Experience with, or strong eagerness to learn, Angular 17+, .NET 10/C#, API design using CQRS (MediatR) and FluentValidation, PostgreSQL (AWS Aurora PostgreSQL), AWS services including ECS Fargate, ElastiCache (Redis), and Secrets Manager, OAuth2/OIDC-based authentication (Amazon Cognito), Hangfire or similar background job processing, GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, database migration tooling (EF Core Migrations or FluentMigrator), and feature flag management such as LaunchDarkly.

Nice To Haves

Experience modernizing or migrating legacy applications, ideally .NET and Angular.
Experience with the legacy technology stack or comparable technologies: .NET WebForms, jQuery, Telerik ASP.NET AJAX UI Controls, .NET Framework 4.8, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Responsibilities

Partner with Product to plan, drive, and monitor multiple projects and initiatives, ensuring delivery on time and within scope and quality expectations.
Identify practical solutions to obstacles and communicate project details, impacts, and status clearly to technology leadership and product stakeholders.
Remove impediments so teams can complete work and meet goals with minimal friction.
Lead development and QA teams, ensuring successful project delivery while supporting business goals and employee retention and well-being.
Plan staffing across development and QA for teams and large projects, reallocating resources as priorities change.
Guide the definition, implementation, and maintenance of software development and quality assurance processes and methodologies, and improve delivery efficiency and quality.
Partner with engineers, QA, and Product to define and implement software development processes and best practices.
Identify skills needed for open development and QA roles, interview and assess candidates, provide hiring feedback, and support positive onboarding.
Meet regularly with team members to discuss career growth and progress, review deliverables, and provide ongoing feedback.
Foster a culture of sharing mistakes and learning from them, reducing the risk of recurrence and helping the team recover and move forward.
Establish team goals, standards, and objectives; review key metrics and hold the team accountable for progress.
Assess individual skills and career goals, and support growth through coaching, delegation, and stretch opportunities.
Set clear guardrails for assigned work, check in regularly, and help team members develop the skills needed to succeed.
Participate in incident postmortems and provide thoughtful, actionable feedback.
Perform additional tasks as assigned.

Benefits

401(k) plan with a 4% employer match on total earnings.
Company bonus or target sales commission.
Flexible Open Paid Time Off Plan.
Paid parental leave.
Ten paid corporate holidays.
16 paid volunteer hours.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA) options, with LINQ contributions to the HSA.
Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life, and AD&D insurance.
Gym reimbursements.
Travel assistance and employee assistance savings.
Pet insurance options.
Referral bonus for successful employee referrals.