Engineering Lead Data Applications

Living the vision of Advancing the business of healthcare today for a better tomorrow Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) works to perpetuate success throughout the healthcare industry as the premier association for professionals who lead medical practices. Since 1926 through data people insights and advocacy MGMA empowers medical group practices to innovate and create meaningful change in healthcare. We believe the future is what you make it and were here to support the people who are ready to make the world a better place. Tomorrow will be remarkable because MGMA is here to help.

The Medical Group Management Association MGMA is looking for a Engineering Lead to join our Denver/hybrid team.

The Engineering Lead serves as the technical leader for an agile engineering pod within the Data Applications value stream providing direction technical leadership and execution oversight for a defined set of technology capabilities. The Engineering Lead partners closely with product leadership to co-own the roadmap for their value stream ensure high-quality technical delivery and guide engineering best practices across the pod. While not a formal people manager this role leads by influence and is responsible for helping delegate structure and monitor engineering work in a collaborative agile environment. The role requires strong technical expertise communication skills and a commitment to excellence across delivery architecture and engineering practices.

Essential Functions

• Serve as the technical lead for the agile pod within the assigned value stream providing day-to-day direction and guidance to developers and other contributors.
• Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to co-develop the value streams technical roadmap helping to define priorities estimate work and ensure alignment with business outcomes.
• Own technical delivery and ensure development is executed according to agreed standards timelines and architectural guidelines.
• Break down large features into actionable development tasks delegate work across the pod and monitor task progress.
• Foster high-performing team behaviors by applying agile principles mentoring junior developers and encouraging continuous improvement.
• Ensure code quality and technical consistency through code reviews technical coaching and adherence to software development best practices.
• Maintain hands-on involvement with coding solutioning troubleshooting and system design.
• Ensure the delivery of secure scalable and maintainable solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
• Advocate for engineering excellence and innovation staying current on emerging tools frameworks and practices.
• Lead technical delivery for member-facing data applications incorporating principles of data engineering data analytics data quality and data integrity.
• Guide the development and maintenance of scalable ingestion and ETL processes that support data applications.
• Act as a liaison between the engineering pod and other technical functions (e.g. architecture security DevOps QA/QE).
• Other duties as required and necessary to ensure the success of the organization.

Knowledge skills and abilities (required unless otherwise noted)

• Advanced understanding of agile software development practices including Scrum or Kanban.
• Proven experience with modern engineering and architectural patterns CI/CD pipelines and DevOps/DevSecOps practices.
• Technical proficiency C# REST APIs SQL and modern front-end frameworks.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture cloud platforms (e.g. Azure) and containerized environments (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with ability to work across technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to provide leadership without formal authority influencing and organizing work among peers.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Experience with test automation QA/QE processes and performance tuning preferred.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related field required. Equivalent experience may be considered

Experience

• Five (5) or more years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Prior experience as a team lead tech lead or similar influential technical leadership role within an agile development environment.

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications

• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must have a valid drivers license.

A combination of experience and education will be considered in lieu of education and experience requirements.

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications

• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must have a valid drivers license.

Working environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is generally performed in an indoor professional office environment.
• Will need to attend conferences and MGMA events in various locations around the United States on a regular basis.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones photocopiers fax machines and scanners.
• Regular predictable attendance is required.

Physical Activities

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees in this role to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job employee is regularly required to successfully interact and accurately exchange information using the following suite of verbal and non-verbal communication skills critical to expressing oneself and conducting professional interactions on behalf of the business:

• Ability to read write edit
• Ability to converse discuss convey
• Also includes interactive engagement with software applications computer graphics and the ability to conduct internet research.

While performing the duties of this job employee is regularly required to successfully navigate scenarios requiring the following observational abilities:

• Ability to perceive identify recognize
• Ability to detect determine discern judge
• Ability to assess estimate compare

This is a largely sedentary role so employee must be able to remain in a sedentary position while focusing for extended periods of time throughout the workday. Position also requires occasional movement inside the office to access file cabinets printers etc. While performing the duties of this job employee is regularly required to successfully navigate scenarios requiring the following operational abilities:

• Ability to operate PC/keyboard and other office productivity equipment
• Ability to position self to traverse/navigate around typical office setting
• Ability pull/push lift open/close grasp/manipulate transport up to 10 lbs.

Why Work for Us:

MGMA prides itself on providing team members from all walks of life with an inclusive work environment and comprehensive benefits package including medical dental and vision coverage life insurance and both short- and long-term disability. We invest in our employees growth with a 401(k) plan featuring company match profit-sharing and professional development opportunities. We prioritize work-life balance through a hybrid work schedule an employee assistance program and a generous time off package which includes three weeks of vacation 80 hours of sick time and 11 paid holidays. From a flexible spending account and on-site fitness center to volunteer opportunities and tuition assistance MGMA is committed to giving employees a well-rounded and gratifying employment experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants shall be considered according to their individual qualifications abilities experience and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity race religion color national origin ancestry age disability sexual orientation veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

MGMA does not engage in immigration sponsorship or relocation assistance.

The application deadline is December 1 2025. This may be extended in the event additional time is necessary to receive a sufficient number of qualified candidates. The approximate salary range for this position is $125000- $150000 depending on the skills education and experience of the candidate.

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