**Who We Are:** We are a national, innovative, high-growth software company devoted to K12 education administration. Our products beat the competition by focusing on all business operations of K12 schools, including both financial and school nutrition management. We have a deep understanding of K12 school systems and regulations, with a focus on providing creative, integrated and user-friendly solutions supported by excellent customer service. Our workforce is talented, loyal, dedicated and highly enthusiastic. This is a fantastic career opportunity for the right individual. We offer challenging work in a team environment. We respect each other and collaborate for continuous improvement. We are the experts in our product lines and we anticipate the needs of our customers. Our customers say we work efficiently and always strive to provide the proper solution. We have achieved this by building relationships based upon: expertise, patience, attentiveness, clear positive communication, tenacity, and a calm presence. LINQ is on a mission to empower central office heroes who make K-12 districts and schools stronger. LINQ improves efficiency, optimizes performance, and manages compliance through its suite of administrative, financial, and nutritional solutions; allowing administrators to make a bigger impact for their staff, students, and communities. LINQ is the first company to deliver a full suite of integrated solutions to manage operations at the state, district, and school levels. LINQ has helped over 30,000 schools and served over 17 million students to increase K-12 potential. **LINQ’s 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’ expectations. In 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:** The Platform Services team is responsible for developing and maintaining the foundational platform services that power our applications. Our focus areas include authentication (Auth) and event-driven architecture (Event Hub), ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions that support the entire organization. **About The Role** + As a Software Engineer **,** you will be part of an agile development team focused on building and enhancing our platform services. You will collaborate with other developers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions. Your work will directly impact the reliability and performance of core platform services. **Primary Objectives** **:** + Develop and maintain features for our platform, focusing on authentication and even-driven services. + Ensure our infrastructure and services are scalable, secure, and cost-efficient + Contribute to the team by participating in planning, codes reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives. + Implement automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code to streamline development and deployments. **Wh** **at** **You’ll** **Be Doing** **:** + Creates, modifies, develops, designs, and implements software applications and architectural design for client applications utilizing industry best practices and methodologies. + Works to improve service level agreements and reduce copy-on write incidents, ensuring the highest level of system control and performance capability. + Analyzes, designs, and codes framework with the latest versions and platforms. + Creates applications backend queries and server database architecture. + Responsible for streamlining, consolidating, and performing continuous integration between multiple systems, processes, and entities. + Works to optimize performance, scalability, robustness, and reliability of all application solutions. + Translates business requirements into technical specifications; assists with managing project priorities. + Creates official builds and presents to business leaders for review, as needed. + May participate in design meetings evaluating hardware and software interface and reviewing operational and performance requirements. + Performs release testing for assigned projects and resolves problems found in the software, analyzes information documenting technical issues along with recommended solutions. + Utilizes source debuggers and visual development environments. + May assist in providing technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new software and solutions to meet the company’s business requirements. + Trouble-shoots technical issues and identifies modifications needed in existing applications. + Perform other related duties as assigned. **What We Are Looking For:** **Development Stack** + Languages & Frameworks **:** Node.js, TypeScript + Tools & Build Systems **:** VS Code, Webpack, Yarn + Infrastructure & Deployment **:** Terraform, Serverless Framework + API & Documentation: OpenAPI, Swagger, TypeDoc **Tool Stack** + Authentication & Authorization **:** Auth0, Cognito + Postman + Azure DevOps + SonarQube, DataDog + **Co-Pilot and/or Cursor is a MUST** **AWS Stack** + Compute & APIs **:** API Gateway, Lambda + Data & Storage **:** DynamoDB, S3 + Messaging & Event-Driven Services **:** SQS, SNS, Step Functions + CloudWatch + CloudFront What Will Make You Stand Out: **Education/Certification:** Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience in a related field required. **Job Knowledge/Minimum Work Experience** + 1-3 years of software development or engineering experience; industry experience preferred. + Demonstrated experience debugging, testing, and implementing multi-vendor applications. + Knowledge and practical application of computer science, software engineering, and software development practices including agile software development, feature driven development, and SDLC. **Computer/Technical Skills:** + Proficiency in MS Office applications + Demonstrated ability to code in product/project specific programming language. + Working knowledge of system integration. + Ability to design and implement multi-tiered applications and data access code. + Experience in performing unit tests and mocking dependencies. + Ability to create or design service-oriented applications and/or enterprise solutions. + Some knowledge of modern web/cloud technologies. + Experience with version control systems. + Some experience with SQL databases. **Closing from Default - All locations** **Total Rewards:** Remote working environment Ability to work in a physical office in Austin, Texas One America 401k plan with 4% employer matching on total earnings, not just base (100% fully vested) Company Bonus Plan or Target Sales Commission Plan Flexible Open Paid Time Off Plan Paid Parental Leave Policy 10 paid holidays 16 hours of paid volunteer time Blue Cross Blue Shield benefit network (medical/dental/vision) Low-deductible PPO option or HDHP option with employer contributed HSA Dental with child orthodontia 100% Employer paid Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability/Basic Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance Health and wellness benefits including gym and Headspace reimbursement Professional development opportunities **EOE Statement/Accommodation Notice:** LINQ is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. 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