Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers across a blended FTE/contractor model
• Own delivery outcomes for your team’s product area and partner with Product leadership
• Shape and execute the technical roadmap including infrastructure modernization
• Maintain operational excellence, system reliability, and data integrity
• Own the hiring loop including sourcing, interview calibration, and closing talent
• Contribute to technical leadership through ADRs, design reviews, and code reviews
• Drive healthy engineering practices such as testing discipline, CI/CD, and incident response
• Enable the team to adopt AI-assisted development tooling effectively
• Communicate roadmaps, status, risks, and decisions clearly in writing

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams
• Experience managing mixed FTE and contractor teams
• Strong technical background in Node.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
• Proficiency with Angular or a similar modern front-end framework
• Experience with integration-heavy systems and data reliability
• Familiarity with DORA, SPACE, or equivalent management frameworks
• Production experience in AWS environments (ECS/EKS, serverless, managed databases)
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted coding tools like Claude Code or Cursor
• Fluency in Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in K-12 EdTech or mission-driven SaaS environments
• Background managing high-reliability, high-transaction-volume systems
• Experience running blended onshore/offshore engineering teams at scale
• Experience with organizational scaling such as splitting or merging teams

About the Company

LINQ is a high-growth software company empowering K-12 district teams to do more with less. We provide cloud-based solutions for school operations, including finance, HR, nutrition management, and payments, trusted by 30% of school districts across the U.S.