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Senior Software Engineer

LINQ


Job Location:

Denver, CO - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 115000 - 130000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (3 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who We Are:

Were a high-growth software company with a big mission: empowering K-12 district teams to do more with less.

At LINQ we get K12. Thats why we help districts transform K-12 school operations with best-in-class cloud-based software solutions built to help districts return more resources to finance HR nutrition management and payments into a single secure platform LINQ reduces administrative burden. LINQ is trusted by 30% of school districts across the U.S. to help them operate more efficiently and serve over 1 billion meals to 17 million students annually process payroll for 364000 educators administrators and staff and engage with millions of families through the free LINQ Connect app.

Our team Theyre talented committed and fiercely loyal problem-solvers. At LINQ youll find challenging and meaningful work a team that respects and uplifts one another and a commitment to constant improvement. Our customers love us because were attentive patient communicative and solutions focused. They know they can count on us to not only anticipate their needs but to deliver the right answer every time.

LINQs Values:
Act with Integrity & Build Trust: Trust is the foundation of our company. We operate with the highest standards of integrity both internally and externally. We believe in transparency honesty and accountability. Building a culture where trust is earned and maintained.
Deliver Excellence: We consistently exceed our clients every interaction we strive to anticipate needs provide swift solutions and go the extra mile to relentlessly impress our customers. We communicate clearly consistently and in a timely way to cultivate lasting relationships.
Embrace Challenges: We embrace a growth mindset. Challenges offer opportunities to learn grow and improve. Continuous learning keeps us relevant and effective to ensure our solutions remain on the leading edge of innovation.
Collaborate & Act as One Team: Diverse skills ideas and perspectives are our strength. Through open communication shared goals and a spirit of unity and mutual respect we collaborate to achieve excellence drive innovation and propel our company forward as a cohesive force.

About the Team

Youll join the team behind LINQs platform for administering USDA Child Nutrition Programs supporting claims compliance and reporting for state agencies. This platform is being modernized off of WebForms and onto a new Angular stack running on AWS and youll play a direct role in that migration.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer at LINQ you will work closely with a cross-functional scrum team to deliver business-critical applications while also driving collaboration across teams on shared deliverables. You will own functionality from early design through production designing solutions and providing guidance on risk and technical tradeoffs. You are capable of quickly learning new business domains mentoring less-experienced engineers and are passionate about delivering high quality maintainable software to the business.

What Youll Be Doing

  • Collaborate with product owners engineers and architects to determine optimal solution architecture efficiency maintainability and scalability.
  • Review requirements and seek clarification on ambiguities keeping customer impact and business goals in focus.
  • Partner with product owners and fellow engineers on system design including considerations like data retention performance and security.
  • Design and describe architectural patterns within the codebase completing projects on time while meeting sprint goals and commitments.
  • Mentor less-experienced engineers providing guidance on engineering best practices and professional growth.
  • Own and drive resolution of production issues providing clear reproduction steps and using logs and other diagnostics to investigate.
  • Proactively identify and help implement improvements to team engineering practices and tools.
  • Learn from mistakes and work to minimize the risk of recurrence.
  • Engage in open honest exchanges of differing ideas through productive conflict and stay curious about new technologies and professional skills.

What Were Looking For

  • 6 years of experience in software application development.
  • Strong understanding of relational and/or non-relational database systems.
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
  • Strong grasp of the principles and patterns used in software development.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders.
  • Solid understanding of unit testing is required; experience with integration or end-to-end testing is a plus.

What Will Make You Stand Out

Currently built on a legacy stack; experience with these or comparable technologies is a plus:

WebForms
jQuery
Telerik AJAX UI Controls
.NET Framework 4.8 C#
Microsoft SQL Server

Actively migrating to a modern stack; experience in the following technologies (or strong eagerness to learn) is required:
Angular 17
.NET 10 / C#
API design using CQRS (MediatR) and FluentValidation
PostgreSQL (AWS Aurora PostgreSQL)
AWS services: ECS Fargate ElastiCache (Redis) Secrets Manager
OAuth2/OIDC-based authentication (Amazon Cognito)
Hangfire or similar background job processing
CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
Database migration tooling (EF Core Migrations or FluentMigrator)
Feature flag management (e.g. LaunchDarkly)

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field completion of a qualified bootcamp or equivalent experience.

Travel Requirements

Less than 10%

Compensation

We offer a competitive base annual salary of 115000-$130000 plus a 4% bonus.

Why Youll Love Working With Us

Planning Your Future: Our 401(k) plan comes with a 4% employer match on total earnings (not just your base salary).

Performance Pays Off: Whether its a company bonus or target sales commission your hard work doesnt go unnoticed.

Vacation Your Way: Our flexible Open Paid Time Off Plan lets you take the time you need when you need it.

Paid Parental Leave: Take the time you need to welcome your new addition Weve got you covered!

Ten Paid Corporate Holidays: Enjoy a little extra downtime to relax and recharge with the ten paid holidays each year.

Giving Back: Feel good while doing good 16 paid volunteer hours to support the causes that matter most to you. #LINQCares

Benefits That Have Your Back (And Teeth Too!): Rock-solid medical dental and vision coverage. Pick your vibe: a low deductible PPO and pair with an FSA or a HDHP with a sweet HSA with contributions from LINQ. Dental perks that even cover braces for the kiddos.

Wellness Perks: Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Long Term Disability Basic Life and AD&D insurance. Gym reimbursements and tons of extra savings on travel assistance employee assistance and even pet insurance options.

Rewards For Referrals: Got an amazing candidate in your network Send them our way and earn a referral bonus when they join the team!

EOE Statement/Accommodation Notice:

As a federal contractorand equal employment opportunity employer LINQ adheres to all applicable laws and regulations regarding employment practices ensuring that all qualified individuals receive consideration for employment

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