Software Engineering Lead

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 we’re 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 Software 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 stream’s 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 

• 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 in  C#, .NET, 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field required. 

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.

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 driver’s license.

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 January 30, 2026. 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 $125,000- $150,000, depending on the skills, education, and experience of the candidate.