Who we are:

At Focused, we move quickly to deliver quality software that achieves client outcomes and meets their customer’s needs. We strategically partner with our clients to leverage our expertise in design and software, while our clients bring their own domain expertise. We work with a variety of clients from different industries, collaborating as we get new products to market, modernizing legacy systems, or helping teams learn the skills they need to be successful.   

Our values:

• Listen first • We are experts in product practices but life long learners in the domain of our customers. We research, collaborate, and understand. 
• Learn why • We ask questions and talk to users to understand problem spaces, objectives, and goals, which allows us to deeply invest and drive towards the outcomes of our clients. 
• Love your craft • We love diving into a variety of domains and solving problems.  We take pride in delivering value, in communicating progress, and guiding our clients to success.

At Focused, our Engineers are both practitioners and experts in their craft. This role would play a crucial role in shaping and implementing engineering best practices and ensuring the successful delivery of complex software projects. With clients, we develop trust and influence - we are unintimidated and unintimidating. With colleagues, we set the standard for how we deliver success for clients.

What would you be doing?

• Directly engage with clients and provide expertise through pair programming and development on LangChain / LangGraph powered applications
• Deep expertise in LangChain, LangGraph and LangSmith
• Lead teams through end-to-end delivery across the stack, from backend services to modern web UIs.
• Pair program daily with teammates and clients to share knowledge, improve code quality, and grow together.
• Practice TDD and continuous refactoring to ensure code is reliable, maintainable, and understandable.
• Guide architecture decisions to support scalability, observability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and stakeholders to continuously deliver valuable software.
• Coach developers on the team through pairing, mentoring, and modeling healthy engineering culture.
• Influence technical direction beyond the team, working across client orgs and Focused’s internal practices to share lessons, shape approaches, and raise the collective bar.
• Stay curious through experimenting with new patterns in the GenAI space, share what works (and what doesn’t), and help evolve how we build AI-powered software.

We are excited about you, because you:

• You’re a hands-on, full stack engineer with a strong track record of delivering software in collaborative, agile environments.
• You’ve worked with LangChain (or similar agentic frameworks), and understand how to architect AI-native systems responsibly and effectively.
• You have experience leading engineering teams and feel confident mentoring and supporting other developers.
• You believe that code quality matters, and that TDD and pairing help build better systems and stronger teams.
• You’ve worked across multiple languages or frameworks (e.g., Python, Node, Java, React, Next.js) and are pragmatic about tool selection.
• You’re excited about what’s happening in the AI space but stay focused on delivering value.
• You have experience navigating complex organizations, building bridges across functions, and helping teams adopt modern development practices.
• You’re as comfortable in the code as you are in a client meeting and can translate technical risks and wins into language anyone can understand.
• You love to share what you’re learning and make the team around you better.

If you had worked at Focused over the last 3 months you may have:

• Paired with a teammate to build a document Q&A system using LangChain and OpenAI APIs
• Helped design an architecture that integrates LLM agents into a legacy enterprise workflow
• Refactored a flaky test suite to support continuous delivery with confidence
• Mentored a junior dev through their first pairing and TDD session
• Built and deployed a full stack GenAI MVP with a React frontend and FastAPI backend
• Facilitated an architecture spike to evaluate vector database options for semantic search
• Contributed a new section to our internal AI playbook
• Helped write this job req

What to know before you apply: 

• This role will require working in a client office in the greater Dallas, TX area three days per week and up to 20% travel within the United States.
• Focused is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of the employment Visa process at this time.
• The Colorado base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $250,000.

About SRS Acquiom

SRS Acquiom is a leading disruptor in the financial services technology space, redefining the way M&A and loan agency deals get done. 

Since 2007, we’ve brought unmatched expertise, insight, and innovation to solve the issues that slow complex financial transactions down.

Today, we deliver a unified system of solutions - virtual data rooms, escrow & payment administration, shareholder representation, and loan agency services — that work effortlessly on their own and fit seamlessly together.

Our unique combination of disruptive tech and expert team has become the go-to solution for many of the largest and most successful companies in the global M&A and loan agency markets. 

If you’re looking to join an entrepreneurial culture in an established company with a track record of consistent growth, profitability, and innovation, we want to hear from you!

A few benefits our employees enjoy

• Day‑one coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans so you’re protected from the start
• A 401(k) with a 4% company match to keep your future on track
  Discretionary time off - take the time you need, when you need it
• Employer‑paid life insurance, with the option to add extra coverage for peace of mind
• Employee Assistance Programs for confidential support when life gets complicated
• Discounted pet insurance (because furry family members count, too)
• A fitness credit to back your health and wellness goals
• Pre‑tax plans for dependent care, transportation, and flexible spending

Position Summary 

SRS Acquiom is a recognized thought leader in M&A space and an emerging thought leader in other adjacent spaces, with proprietary insights and data-driven content that differentiates us in the market. As we expand our brand, we are seeking a Director, Content Strategy to lead and evolve our thought leadership engine.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. The Director will own the end-to-end lifecycle of thought leadership: from identifying high-impact opportunities, to shaping editorial direction through collaboration with other marketing colleagues (brand, demand gen, SEO, etc.), managing production and publishing of designed and web-based content, and managing the vast content library. The right candidate will have meaningful experience and passion for creating short and long-form thought leadership, leveraging both data and subject matter expertise to drive impact for the business. This individual will partner closely with subject matter experts and manage third parties vendors to identify and translate complex insights into compelling, business-driven narratives that support marketing, sales, and brand authority.

As an ideal candidate, you will be both a strategist and a hands-on operator: someone who can define where we should lead or add to the conversation on timely topics, while also rolling up their sleeves to write, edit, refine, and guide content through approval cycles to completion. You are highly agile, self-directed, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams while maintaining a clear connection between content and business outcomes. You adeptly foster connections at all business levels, collaborating to create, while simultaneously guiding decisions through thoughtful executive communication.

Salary: $150k and $160k, depending on level of experience.

Location: This is a remote role for candidates located within the Continental United States and requires a minimum of one week (25%) of each month traveling to and working from our headquarters in Denver, CO 

Primary Responsibilities

Thought Leadership Strategy & Opportunity Identification

• Develop strategy for thought leadership content leveraging deep knowledge of business goals, campaign strategies, SEO/SEM, and earned media strategies.
• Ability to proactively identify high-value content opportunities based on market trends, news cycles, proprietary data, and business priorities—and translate them into a clear, differentiated editorial strategy that aligns with business and marketing goals.
• Understand audience behaviors, content needs, and consumption patterns by staying in tune with the market and competitive activity. Strong knowledge of evolving content consumption by channel and the impact of content form.
• Develop thought leadership content with legs, ensuring that we can maximize the impact of a single piece and leverage the existing library in new and innovative ways while creating reader journeys that drive the business.

End-to-End Content Orchestration & Project Management

• Responsible for managing by influence to deliver content on time, on budget, and aligned with key stakeholders and strategic objectives.
• Strong ability to work with subject matter experts to uncover, shape, and elevate insights into compelling narratives without losing accuracy or authority.
• Work cross-functionally with the web and campaigns teams to publish content.
• Work with internal SME and external writing resources. Managing freelancers or agencies as needed. Strong budget management skills.

Editorial Leadership & Content Quality Control

• Content governance, managing and guiding content ensuring consistency and alignment with brand voice and identity.
• Exceptional editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to both produce written  content outlines and web copy directly and act as editor and coach, guiding writers to ensure clarity, consistency, and strategic alignment.

Content Lifecycle Optimization & Performance Mindset

• Manage and evolve our content library: refreshing, repackaging, and optimizing assets based on performance, SEO, and changing market relevance.
• Collaborate with the web and SEO teams to continually update content and test new strategies to drive SEO, manage reader journeys and find new opportunities for organic lead generation.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 8+ years’ B2B content marketing experience, with a majority of the time focused on thought leadership content
• BA or BS degree from a four-year college/university
• Strong research skills, superior attention to detail and a proven ability to translate data into actionable strategic recommendations
• Collaborative, team-player, natural relationship builder
• Highly flexible, curious problem-solver, able to move quickly and think creatively
• Self-starter who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to lead the creation and ongoing implementation of a content strategic plan and execution
• Exceptional written and executive level verbal communication skills. Demonstrated ability to think strategically and communicate complex ideas
• Strong understanding of how content is tied to campaign strategy and lead generation.
• Able to lead by influence, bringing strategy to the forefront and providing impact at every stage of development.
• Strong understanding of B2B marketing best practices, and a deep curiosity for staying on top of the latest trends in content strategy.
• Working knowledge of SEO/SEM best practices and their impact on content and content strategy.
• Experience managing external vendors and partners
• Exceptional project management skills. Proven ability to successfully manage multiple, concurrent projects. Experience using tools like Asana and/or Smartsheet area is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with agile development processes, including the use of Asana and Smartsheet for project management
• Experience producing content across multiple form factors: short form content, long form content, web content, social media, video, etc.

Desired Characteristics

• Innovative, has the willingness to experiment
• Innately curious
• Self-starter, organized and highly detail-oriented 
• Exhibit a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive
• Has a passion for leveraging data to understand trends and make metric-based decisions to optimize programs and positively impact the business
• Must be comfortable with continual change in the environment of a fast-paced, high-growth, company
• Highly collaborative with a solution-focused mindset and positive attitude. Must be a team player
• Operates with the highest integrity
• Team player with solid interpersonal skills, and the ability to deliver effective oral and written communications
• Strong executive presence

** We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship to move forward in the hiring process. **

Fraud & spam screening. We use tools in our applicant tracking system to help detect potentially fraudulent or spam applications. These tools analyze limited technical and contact information (such as IP address, device/browser signals, and email/phone characteristics) to flag patterns that may indicate automated, inauthentic, or suspicious activity. Flags are used to prioritize human review and do not, by themselves, determine hiring outcomes. Learn more in our Privacy Policy.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without advanced notice.   

With respect to its programs, services, activities, and employment practices, SRS Acquiom Inc. assesses qualified individuals without regard to their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other protected status.  Requests for reasonable accommodation or the provision of auxiliary aids should be directed to Human Resources.

Position Summary 

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Senior Scrum Master to support the development teams in applying agile practices effectively with a focus on the Scrum framework. Candidates should foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and transparency, while guiding teams through agile maturity and delivering high-quality outcomes. As a Senior Scrum Master candidates are expected to extend their influence beyond their specific teams and help guide multi-team “pods”, bring new perspective and experience to our Agile team and help grow other more junior Scrum Masters through mentoring and guidance. 

Position Responsibilities: 

Agile Coaching & Facilitation 

• Facilitate Scrum events and coach teams to self-organize and continuously improve. 
• Design and lead retrospectives tailored to team needs. 
• Assess team Agile maturity and adjust coaching approach to match strengths and weaknesses 
• Guide teams in applying lean and agile principles to improve delivery. 
• Support multiple interdependent teams in effectively working together in concert 

Team & Stakeholder Engagement 

• Foster collaboration between Scrum Teams and stakeholders. 
• Mediate conflicts and support team dynamics to ensure a healthy team environment. 
• Support onboarding and agile adoption for new team members and teams. 

Process Improvement & Metrics 

• Identify and remove impediments to team progress. 
• Leverage empirical data to drive continuous improvement. 
• Prepare and present sprint reports including velocity, capacity, and predictability metrics. 
• Build and maintain workflows and automation to enhance team and department efficiency. 

Product & Planning Support 

• Collaborate with product teams on backlog management, coaching on prioritization best practices 
• Assist in roadmap development and release forecasting using agile metrics. 
• Promote best practices in lean, iterative software delivery. 
• Develop working knowledge of our products to provide targeted coaching, help bridge gaps between teams working on related features, and help provide knowledge and context to others.

Agile Team Growth 

• Share discussion topics and tactics to improve the effectiveness of the overall Agile team.
• Help more junior Scrum Masters on their own professional journey through mentoring and less formal guidance.
• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and Project Managers on larger projects or implementations.

Facilitates Quarterly Planning for team(s) 

• Tracks quarterly goals for team(s) 

A Successful Contributor has: 

• Deep knowledge of multiple agile frameworks and how to apply them effectively. 
• Experience in teaching, organizing, and sharing specific educational information on Scrum and agile frameworks. 
• Facilitation skills. The ablity to build consensus and alignment, mediate and diffuse conflict, and highlight innovative solutions. 
• Understanding of business strategy techniques and their impacts to product delivery (i.e. Lean Startup and Design Thinking). 
• Experience implementing Forecasting and Release Planning Practices such as Quarterly planning and road mapping iterative releases using data on velocity, capacity, and predictability. 
• Inductive Reasoning abilities and can use a combination of data points to form conclusions and rules in sprint planning. 
• Understanding of emergent architecture and how to apply it to iterative development and incremental delivery. 
• Understanding of CI/CD techniques and how these can be used effectively to deliver complex software solutions. 
• Proficient with building complex automations that can be applied to increase the Scrum Team’s efficiency in following the Scrum framework. 
• Skilled communicator, with a focus on commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect. 
• Experience and proficiency in guiding teams towards self-organization and accountability. 
• Leadership qualities and experience, enabling them to grow individual Scrum Masters and the broader team 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, information technology, or 5 years’ work experience in related field required. 
• 5+ years working in Scrum Master role.  
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification. 

Position Summary: 

We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Manager to join our Business Reporting team within the Analytics Reporting organization. This role is dedicated to supporting our Client Services teams, ensuring they have the reporting, insights, and analytical support needed to drive client success. The Manager, Business Reporting will partner closely with Client Services to understand client needs, deliver high-quality analytics, and contribute to a scalable reporting foundation. 

Position Responsibilities: 

Client Services Partnership & Support 

• Serve as an analytics partner to Client Services teams, understanding their reporting needs and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
• Proactively manage and foster stakeholder relationships by acting as a strategic, consultative advisor with a keen understanding of client objectives. 
• Translate client requests into clear analytical requirements and deliver actionable reporting that supports client conversations and decision-making. 
• Advocate for data-driven decision-making across Client Services and leadership. 

Team Leadership & Development 

• Coach and develop team members, contributing to their professional growth and fostering a collaborative team environment. 
• Set priorities, manage workloads, and establish clear expectations to meet client-driven reporting needs. 
• Support the adoption of analytics best practices and tools through training sessions and knowledge sharing. 

Data Execution & Reporting 

• Contribute to the execution and enhancement of client-facing analytics deliverables aligned with business needs. 
• Collaborate on the development of scalable processes for data collection, analysis, and reporting. 
• Identify areas for improving efficiency through process improvements, automation, and better data practices. 
• Maintain documentation of key analytics processes and ensure data quality standards are upheld. 

Insights & Analysis 

• Conduct data analysis to generate insights that inform client strategy and support Client Services in their engagements. 
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable recommendations using visualizations and presentations. 
• Contribute to proactive analytics that support client outcomes and operational decision-making. 

Compliance & Quality Assurance 

• Ensure adherence to company compliance standards, including reporting any noncompliance. 
• Support the development and implementation of quality controls and departmental standards to satisfy organizational and regulatory requirements. 
• Participate in internal training sessions to support continued learning and development. 

Required Qualifications: 

• 6+ years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field. 
• Experience in PBM, health plans, healthcare, or pharmacy benefits. 
• Familiarity with pharmacy claims data and client reporting metrics. 
• Expertise in SQL with strong coding hygiene and documentation practices. 
• Proficiency in Tableau for developing and maintaining dashboards and visualizations. 
• Working knowledge of Snowflake or other cloud-based data warehouses. 
• Experience with dbt and GitHub-based workflows. 
• Ability to perform complex analyses and synthesize findings into business insights. 
• Track record of partnering closely with internal and external stakeholders to provide consultative analytics support. 
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex data insights to diverse audiences. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience managing or mentoring analysts. 
• Experience with medical claims data in addition to pharmacy claims.
• Experience working in large-scale, high-growth organizations. 
• Familiarity with Agile project management methodologies. 
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience. 

Position Summary: 

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Scrum Master to support the development teams in applying agile practices effectively, with a focus on the Scrum framework. This role will foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and transparency, while guiding teams through agile maturity and delivering high-quality outcomes. 

Position Responsibilities: 

Agile Coaching & Facilitation 

• Facilitate Scrum events and coach teams to self-organize and continuously improve. 
• Design and lead retrospectives tailored to team needs. 
• Conduct quarterly team health checks and maturity assessments. 
• Guide teams in applying lean and agile principles to improve delivery. 

Team & Stakeholder Engagement 

• Foster collaboration between Scrum Teams and stakeholders. 
• Mediate conflicts and support team dynamics to ensure a healthy team environment. 
• Support onboarding and agile adoption for new team members and teams. 

Process Improvement & Metrics 

• Identify and remove impediments to team progress. 
• Leverage empirical data to drive continuous improvement. 
• Prepare and present sprint reports including velocity, capacity, and predictability metrics. 
• Build and maintain workflows and automation to enhance team efficiency. 

Product & Planning Support 

• Collaborate with product teams on backlog management, coaching on prioritization best practices.
• Assist in roadmap development and release forecasting using agile metrics.
• Promote best practices in lean, iterative software delivery.
• Build foundational product knowledge to provide targeted coaching and help bridge gaps between teams working on related features.

• Tracks quarterly goals for team(s)

A Successful Contributor has: 

• Practical experience with multiple agile frameworks and their effective application. 
• Strong facilitation and conflict resolution skills. 
• Experience teaching and mentoring on Scrum and agile principles. 
• Understanding of business strategy techniques like Lean Startup, MVP vs MMF / MMP, and Prioritization Matrices.
• Experience with forecasting and release planning using agile metrics. 
• Knowledge of CI/CD and emergent architecture in iterative development. 
• Ability to build simple automations in Jira, and Slack to support Scrum practices. Familiarity with Github Actions is a plus.
• Strong communication skills grounded in commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, information technology, or 3 years’ work experience in related field required. 
• 3 years working in Scrum Master role or on a Scrum Team. 
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification preferred. 

About the Role

Checkr is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Checkr Growth team. This team is hyper-focused on Checkr’s self-serve business delivering products and capabilities for Checkr’s growth funnel: Acquisition, Activation, Expansion & Retention. Leveraging your deep experience, you will build, coach, and inspire the engineering team to meet company objectives and bring new products and features to market.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team to work on growth-focused initiatives such as increasing self-service customer conversions, improving the onboarding experience, creating engagement loops, and expanding product usage across segments.
• Lead test experimentation across multiple surfaces to unlock incremental business value while improving customer experience
• Drive technical vision for the team that motivates and excites the team for the next chapter
• Partner closely with product management to build new features and enhance existing ones 
• Work with the team to reduce technical debt and sustainably scale our architecture
• Build relationships with cross-functional teams and drive results with them 
• Nurture and grow team members based on their career aspirations
• Hire best of the talent and continue to raise the bar for the team
• Represent the team in planning and product meetings
• Optimize engineering processes and policies to drive velocity and quality

What you bring

• 4+ years as an engineering manager
• 8+ years as an engineer
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong skills in critical thinking, decision making, problem-solving, and attention to detail
• Experience managing quality incidents as both a technical lead and communication lead
• Experience working on products at scale, and understanding the data, legal, human impact, and technical nuances of supporting highly regulated products
• Strong experience with TDD, pair programming, and agile methodologies
• Deep understanding of service architecture and system design as well as lean software development principles
• Ability to make high-level prioritization decisions quickly and thoughtfully
• Backbone to make tough decisions when necessary
• Able to develop inclusive teams to foster growth and diversity 
• Ready to mentor the team to grow by providing stretch assignments and opportunities relevant to their interests
• Humility, openness to feedback, and eagerness to learn
• An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes

What you get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to 25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend

Location: Denver, CO

Work Environment: Hybrid, periodic travel required   

Target Compensation Range: $170,000 to $220,000

Role Summary: Senior consulting leader driving complex client delivery and account leadership while growing long-term client relationships in the Denver market.

Who We Are 

At The Gunter Group (TGG), we are a people-first management consulting firm and proud 20-time workplace award winner. We build trusted partnerships with our clients by working alongside their teams. Together, we deliver practical solutions and lasting impact across strategy, execution, people, and technology. We show up ready to roll up our sleeves, solve complex problems, and make a real difference together.

Your Impact at The Gunter Group

As a Managing Consultant at The Gunter Group, you operate as a senior consulting leader responsible for delivering results across large, complex client engagements while owning key client relationships. 

You partner closely with client leaders and TGG leadership to shape opportunities, guide delivery, and expand TGG’s presence in the Denver market. You deliver outcomes by leading teams, managing client accounts, and building long-term partnerships that drive sustained value for both clients and the firm.

Lead High-Impact Client Delivery

• Deliver complex consulting services across large, multi-workstream engagements or multiple concurrent projects.
• Lead client engagements as a billable consultant, ensuring high-quality delivery and client satisfaction.
• Direct and support delivery teams, bringing structure and clarity to complex and ambiguous client environments.

Own Client Accounts & Executive Relationships

• Serve as the account lead and trusted partner for key client stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with client leaders across diverse industries.
• Ensure strong governance, ongoing alignment, and accountability across owned client accounts.
• Partner with clients to understand evolving needs and identify opportunities for continued engagement.

Grow TGG’s Denver Market Presence

• Build and nurture a pipeline of consulting opportunities by leveraging a strong professional network within the Denver business community.
• Lead early conversations with prospective clients to understand needs and shape scopes of work aligned to TGG’s services.
• Collaborate with TGG leadership to identify, evaluate, and pursue new client and industry opportunities in the Denver market.
• Contribute to business development efforts through relationship-building, insight, and strong performance.

Lead, Coach & Develop Consultants

• Manage, coach, and develop TGG consultants, strengthening delivery excellence and supporting long-term professional growth.
• Provide leadership and mentorship that enables teams to thrive in complex, ambiguous environments.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture focused on quality outcomes and continuous improvement.

What You Bring 

• 8+ years of experience, including 5+ years in a consulting environment, leading client engagements and delivery teams.
• A strong professional network within the Denver business community and experience building local client relationships.
• Demonstrated success in business development, including selling professional services and managing client accounts.
• Proven ability to deliver tangible results in complex business environments across diverse industries.
• Experience leading client accounts and building long-term, trust-based partnerships.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills with the executive presence to engage senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading cross-functional consulting teams across execution, technology, people, and strategy service areas is a plus.
• Background in program/project management, business analysis, change management, process improvement, or Agile methodologies preferred.
• Experience working across business and IT stakeholders and supporting enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, POS) is a plus.
• Professional certifications (PMP, CSM, SAFe, Lean Six Sigma, CBAP, Prosci ADKAR) are preferred, not required.

Working at The Gunter Group

Salary and Benefits

Supporting the well-being of our team is a priority at TGG. Our benefits package includes competitive health coverage, wellness programs, flexible PTO, professional development and work-from-home stipends, as well as team offsites, social events, and volunteer opportunities.

The total expected compensation range for this role is $170,000 to $220,000, consisting of a base salary with uncapped bonus opportunities through contributions to account leadership and business development. We discuss compensation and bonus opportunities openly throughout the hiring process.

Why TGG

The Gunter Group is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with team members primarily located in our three core geographies: Portland, Nashville, and Denver. Our consultants work across remote, hybrid, and onsite environments depending on client needs, with travel expectations varying by engagement and aligned collaboratively with both clients and team members.

We partner with organizations across industries including retail, apparel, government, education, insurance, and Fortune 100 companies, working alongside client teams to solve complex problems and deliver practical solutions that drive lasting results. Our work is rooted in strong relationships, thoughtful execution, and a shared commitment to doing quality work.

At TGG, we believe people do their best work when they feel respected, supported, and included. We are committed to fostering an engaging, fair, and authentic environment where diverse backgrounds and perspectives are valued. Our culture is guided by non‑negotiable values—including integrity, curiosity, emotional intelligence, collaboration, confidence, and the ability to thrive in ambiguity—and by a high standard of excellence in how we show up for our clients and each other.

The Gunter Group LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

About the Role

Checkr is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Checkr Growth team. This team is hyper-focused on Checkr’s self-serve business delivering products and capabilities for Checkr’s growth funnel: Acquisition, Activation, Expansion & Retention. Leveraging your deep experience in front-end engineering, you will build, coach, and inspire the engineering team to meet company objectives and bring new products and features to market. 

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team to work on growth-focused initiatives such as increasing self-service customer conversions, improving the onboarding experience, creating engagement loops, and expanding product usage across segments.
• Lead test experimentation across multiple surfaces to unlock incremental business value while improving customer experience
• Drive technical vision for the team that motivates and excites the team for the next chapter
• Partner closely with product management to build new features and enhance existing ones 
• Work with the team to reduce technical debt and sustainably scale our architecture
• Build relationships with cross-functional teams and drive results with them 
• Nurture and grow team members based on their career aspirations
• Hire best of the talent and continue to raise the bar for the team
• Represent the team in planning and product meetings
• Optimize engineering processes and policies to drive velocity and quality

What you bring

• 4+ years as an engineering manager
• 8+ years as an engineer
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong skills in critical thinking, decision making, problem-solving, and attention to detail
• Experience managing quality incidents as both a technical lead and communication lead
• Experience working on products at scale, and understanding the data, legal, human impact, and technical nuances of supporting highly regulated products
• Strong experience with TDD, pair programming, and agile methodologies
• Deep understanding of service architecture and system design as well as lean software development principles
• Ability to make high-level prioritization decisions quickly and thoughtfully
• Backbone to make tough decisions when necessary
• Able to develop inclusive teams to foster growth and diversity 
• Ready to mentor the team to grow by providing stretch assignments and opportunities relevant to their interests
• Humility, openness to feedback, and eagerness to learn
• An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes

What you get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to 25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend

 Introduction 

Are you searching for an opportunity to play a key role in driving the dramatic growth of a highly successful software company?  

Poppulo is the global leader in the field of software solutions for Employee Communications. We are a fast-paced company with an entrepreneurial and dynamic culture focused on the power of people, both within Poppulo and our customer base. Poppulo offers a dynamic environment with driven, smart and flexible individuals, who thrive on challenges and responsibility.  

Job Summary: 

The Director of Sales is a dynamic, hands-on leader with a proven track record in guiding SaaS sales teams in both new customer acquisition and expanding business within enterprise organizations. This role calls for a strategic executor, capable of leading a team of Account Executives. 

Key Responsibilities

• Increase the velocity of deals - drive results and remove roadblocks 
• Work across cross functional teams, especially with Customer Success, Marketing and Product.  
• Coach, develop, and manage the performance of the Land and Expansion Sales team  
• Manage day-to-day sales activities with a focus on delivering key sales metrics  
• Improve prospecting, qualification, proposals, negotiation and closing.  
• Help define and develop the company’s sales strategy and territory planning. 
•  Serve as a strategic partner to the VP of Sales and Chief Revenue Officer to advance the growth strategy, work with top tier customers, and drive sales.   
•  Set clear objectives for the team and establish key metrics to measure performance.   
•  Serve as a key resource for special projects and participate routinely in the design and implementation of customer value programs and product launches.   
• Forecast bookings with a high degree of accuracy for your reports leveraging sales process stage, inspection, and subjective judgment.   
• Build and maintain long-lasting, strong relationships with customers while partnering with them to better understand their business objectives and needs. 
• Understand industry-specific trends and landscapes. 
• Report on forces that shift strategic directions of accounts and tactical budgets. 
• Join quarterly business reviews with his or her direct reports and the Customer Success organization. 
• Ensure that pricing integrity is maintained within assigned Sales accounts and are consistent with corporate strategies.   

Education & Experience

• At least 5 years of experience with 3 years of successful sales leadership experience, specifically in pan-European enterprise customers  
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 
• Track record of successfully managing remote, inside sales and field sales teams 
• Operational knowledge of various application programs, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and current Internet technologies.   
• Management of pipelines, territories, forecasting and processes. 
• Expertise in the Internal Communications market 
• Proven ability to drive the sales process from start to finish 
• Familiarity with sales technology deployed in SaaS sales environments  
• Experience with hands-on operational leadership of sales development teams (inbound and outbound) and sales quota bearing heads.  
• Experience forecasting and territory planning 
• Analytical skills and excellent written and oral communication skills (Fluent English)  
• Experience in leveraging AI to increase productivity and quality for your team.  
• Appetite and capacity to learn lots and learn fast  
• Agile, ready, and able to quickly pivot 
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal 

 Compensation:

Annual base salary gross:  150,000-175,000  plus matching variable USD Annual. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Company's contemplated salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and geographic location. The salary is one component of Company's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include variable compensation, short-term incentives, health insurance (several options to choose from), accident and life insurance, access to the best in class learning and development platforms, flexible work arrangement, to name just a few!

What’s in it for you?    

• An excellent workplace culture  
• Competitive salary  
• Company performance-related bonus  
• Medical insurance  
• Flexible working hours  
• Educational assistance  
• In-house soft skills training  
  

Who We Are 

We are a values-driven organization that encourages our employees to bring their authentic selves to work every day and empowers everyone to make a tangible impact on our products, clients and culture. We offer a dynamic environment with driven, fun and flexible individuals, who thrive on challenge and responsibility. This is an opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that’s on the move. 

Named a Great Place to Work in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 , we are one of the fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. 

This is an opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that’s on the move. We live the Poppulo company values each day and they are key to everything we do. 

“High Standards As Standard”, “Together We’re Better”, “Adapt To Succeed”, “Honesty Throughout”, “Be The Example”, “Don’t Just Work… Learn and “GET IT DONE” 

Poppulo is an equal opportunities employer. 

We disclose your personal information to our private equity sponsor, Vista Equity Partners, and its affiliates, including Vista Consulting Group (collectively, “Vista”), for administration, research, database development, workforce analytics and business operation purposes, in line with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Vista processes and shares your personal information with its affiliates, including other Vista portfolio companies, on the basis of its legitimate interests in managing, administering, and improving its business and overseeing the recruitment process and, if applicable, your employment relationship with Four Winds Interactive LLC. If you have consented to us doing so, we also share your personal information with other Vista portfolio companies for the purpose of being considered for other job opportunities in the pooling system, both inside and outside the EEA. Please find a full list of all Vista portfolio companies at: https://www.vistaequitypartners.com/companies/ and Vista’s privacy policy at https://www.vistaequitypartners.com/privacy/. Where this requires us to transfer your personal information outside of the EEA, please refer to the FWI  Privacy Policy for further details on cross-border transfers. In connection with the recruitment process, your personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA to iCIMS and/or Greenhouse, Hirebridge, LLC and Criteria Corp., which provide applicant tracking and evaluation services. Hirebridge, LLC and Criteria Corp. have agreed to comply with the EU Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure that your personal information is adequately protected whilst outside of the EEA. 

Who we are:

At Focused, we move quickly to deliver quality software that achieves client outcomes and meets their customer’s needs. We strategically partner with our clients to leverage our expertise in design and software, while our clients bring their own domain expertise. We work with a variety of clients from different industries, collaborating as we get new products to market, modernizing legacy systems, or helping teams learn the skills they need to be successful.   

Our values:

• Listen first • We are experts in product practices but life long learners in the domain of our customers. We research, collaborate, and understand. 
• Learn why • We ask questions and talk to users to understand problem spaces, objectives, and goals, which allows us to deeply invest and drive towards the outcomes of our clients. 
• Love your craft • We love diving into a variety of domains and solving problems.  We take pride in delivering value, in communicating progress, and guiding our clients to success.

At Focused, our Engineers are both practitioners and experts in their craft. This role would play a crucial role in shaping and implementing engineering best practices and ensuring the successful delivery of complex software projects. With clients, we develop trust and influence - we are unintimidated and unintimidating. With colleagues, we set the standard for how we deliver success for clients.

What would you be doing?

• Build AI-enabled applications leveraging LangChain and LLMs to deliver meaningful, production-ready outcomes for clients.
• Deep expertise in LangChain, LangGraph and LangSmith.
• Lead teams through end-to-end delivery across the stack, from backend services to modern web UIs.
• Pair program daily with teammates and clients to share knowledge, improve code quality, and grow together.
• Practice TDD and continuous refactoring to ensure code is reliable, maintainable, and understandable.
• Guide architecture decisions to support scalability, observability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and stakeholders to continuously deliver valuable software.
• Coach developers on the team through pairing, mentoring, and modeling healthy engineering culture.
• Influence technical direction beyond the team, working across client orgs and Focused’s internal practices to share lessons, shape approaches, and raise the collective bar.
• Stay curious through experimenting with new patterns in the GenAI space, share what works (and what doesn’t), and help evolve how we build AI-powered software.

We are excited about you, because you:

• You’re a hands-on, full stack engineer with a strong track record of delivering software in collaborative, agile environments.
• You’ve worked with LangChain (or similar agentic frameworks), and understand how to architect AI-native systems responsibly and effectively.
• You believe that code quality matters, and that TDD and pairing help build better systems and stronger teams.
• You’ve worked across multiple languages or frameworks (e.g., Python, Node, Java, React, Next.js) and are pragmatic about tool selection.
• You’re excited about what’s happening in the AI space but stay focused on delivering value.
• You have experience navigating complex organizations, building bridges across functions, and helping teams adopt modern development practices.
• You’re as comfortable in the code as you are in a client meeting and can translate technical risks and wins into language anyone can understand.
• You love to share what you’re learning and make the team around you better.

If you had worked at Focused over the last 3 months you may have:

• Paired with a teammate to build a document Q&A system using LangChain and OpenAI APIs
• Helped design an architecture that integrates LLM agents into a legacy enterprise workflow
• Refactored a flaky test suite to support continuous delivery with confidence
• Built and deployed a full stack GenAI MVP with a React frontend and FastAPI backend
• Facilitated an architecture spike to evaluate vector database options for semantic search
• Contributed a new section to our internal AI playbook
• Helped write this job req

What to know before you apply: 

• This role will require being in the Chicago office three days per week and up to 20% travel within the United States.
• Focused is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of the employment Visa process at this time.
• The Chicago base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $175,000.

Who we are:

At Focused, we move quickly to deliver quality software that achieves client outcomes and meets their customer’s needs. We strategically partner with our clients to leverage our expertise in design and software, while our clients bring their own domain expertise. We work with a variety of clients from different industries, collaborating as we get new products to market, modernizing legacy systems, or helping teams learn the skills they need to be successful.   

Our values:

• Listen first • We are experts in product practices but life long learners in the domain of our customers. We research, collaborate, and understand. 
• Learn why • We ask questions and talk to users to understand problem spaces, objectives, and goals, which allows us to deeply invest and drive towards the outcomes of our clients. 
• Love your craft • We love diving into a variety of domains and solving problems.  We take pride in delivering value, in communicating progress, and guiding our clients to success.

At Focused, our Engineers are both practitioners and experts in their craft. This role would play a crucial role in shaping and implementing engineering best practices and ensuring the successful delivery of complex software projects. With clients, we develop trust and influence - we are unintimidated and unintimidating. With colleagues, we set the standard for how we deliver success for clients.

What would you be doing?

• Build AI-enabled applications leveraging LangChain and LLMs to deliver meaningful, production-ready outcomes for clients.
• Deep expertise in LangChain, LangGraph and LangSmith.
• Lead teams through end-to-end delivery across the stack, from backend services to modern web UIs.
• Pair program daily with teammates and clients to share knowledge, improve code quality, and grow together.
• Practice TDD and continuous refactoring to ensure code is reliable, maintainable, and understandable.
• Guide architecture decisions to support scalability, observability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and stakeholders to continuously deliver valuable software.
• Coach developers on the team through pairing, mentoring, and modeling healthy engineering culture.
• Influence technical direction beyond the team, working across client orgs and Focused’s internal practices to share lessons, shape approaches, and raise the collective bar.
• Stay curious through experimenting with new patterns in the GenAI space, share what works (and what doesn’t), and help evolve how we build AI-powered software.

We are excited about you, because you:

• You’re a hands-on, full stack engineer with a strong track record of delivering software in collaborative, agile environments.
• You’ve worked with LangChain (or similar agentic frameworks), and understand how to architect AI-native systems responsibly and effectively.
• You believe that code quality matters, and that TDD and pairing help build better systems and stronger teams.
• You’ve worked across multiple languages or frameworks (e.g., Python, Node, Java, React, Next.js) and are pragmatic about tool selection.
• You’re excited about what’s happening in the AI space but stay focused on delivering value.
• You have experience navigating complex organizations, building bridges across functions, and helping teams adopt modern development practices.
• You’re as comfortable in the code as you are in a client meeting and can translate technical risks and wins into language anyone can understand.
• You love to share what you’re learning and make the team around you better.

If you had worked at Focused over the last 3 months you may have:

• Paired with a teammate to build a document Q&A system using LangChain and OpenAI APIs
• Helped design an architecture that integrates LLM agents into a legacy enterprise workflow
• Refactored a flaky test suite to support continuous delivery with confidence
• Built and deployed a full stack GenAI MVP with a React frontend and FastAPI backend
• Facilitated an architecture spike to evaluate vector database options for semantic search
• Contributed a new section to our internal AI playbook
• Helped write this job req

What to know before you apply: 

• This role will require being in the Denver office three days per week and up to 20% travel within the United States.
• Focused is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of the employment Visa process at this time.
• The Denver base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $175,000.

Worksome’s US EOR business already has significant traction with enterprise clients, what we need now is someone to own it end-to-end and architect the next chapter

This is a senior leadership role for a proven operator who has personally carried employment liability at scale. 

You’ve managed the complexity of multi-state operations, you know what a defensible governance framework looks like, and you understand that compliance isn’t just a set of rules - it’s a commercial asset.

You will help us move the function from founder-led excellence to a deliberate, system-driven operation that is safe to sell at any scale and predictable to run

About the Role

You will take ownership of the strategic governance, operational integrity, and commercial credibility of our EOR product across the US. In your first year, you’ll stress-test the current operating model, define our Commercial Guardrails - what we sell, how we price risk, and where we draw the line - and systematise the function

• Act as the ultimate internal authority on North American employment risk, labour law, and state-specific legislative changes - and serve as a key escalation point for complex classification, workers’ compensation, and tax nexus decisions.
• Define and codify the Commercial Guardrails: the standards for what we will sell, how we price risk, and where we draw the line on non-standard deals.
• Own the lifecycle integrity of the EOR product - from initial classification through to offboarding - ensuring a zero-failure rate for enterprise clients.
• Partner closely with the payroll operations manager to build the documentation, controls, and escalation paths required for high volume, and reduce key-person dependency by turning expert knowledge into repeatable, systemised processes.
• Oversee payroll funding integrity, reconciliation controls, and cost-to-serve modelling across North America, in close partnership with Finance.
• Define incident response protocols for payroll and compliance failures, and lead post-incident analysis and corrective planning.
• Support the Sales team as a technical resource during late-stage enterprise procurement and legal reviews - translating complex employment law into clear, actionable qualification rules for the Sales team.
• Support regulatory feasibility assessments for new US state expansion, including classification rules and tax nexus requirements.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and Product to ensure the function is scalable, audit-ready, and aligned to enterprise standards across all US operating states.
• Align with Legal to translate statutory employment requirements into operational policy, governance frameworks, and commercial guardrails for the EOR product.
• Foster a culture of “Safe Growth” - where operational integrity is seen as a competitive advantage, not a blocker.

About You

• You have personally carried employment liability decisions and managed the complexity of multi-state operations at a significant scale. You’re not learning on the job - you know what good looks like and you’ve built it before.
• 5–8+ years in a leadership role within EOR, global payroll, employment compliance, or workforce operations - including US multi-state experience and a track record of scaling EOR operations.
• You think like a business owner. You understand that compliance enables revenue, not just constrains it. You know how to price risk, defend a margin.
• Proven ability to command the room with Enterprise Legal, Procurement, and CFO-level stakeholders. You’ve been in late-stage deals and you know how to hold your ground.
• You’ve turned expert knowledge into repeatable, systemised processes. You know what a defensible governance framework looks like - and how to build one that scales beyond a single team or jurisdiction.
• You’re a great coach; you have a team and you understand how to encourage, challenge and grow a team that works well together and thrives
• Based in Denver, CO. This role is a key part of our US Operations Center.

What We Can Offer You

At Worksome, you’ll be part of a dynamic, fast-growing team where your decisions directly shape how the business grows. As we expand globally, you’ll have the opportunity to build something that matters - with the authority and trust to do it properly.

• Base salary: $100,000 – $160,000
• Meaningful equity stake commensurate with a senior leadership role
• 70% coverage for medical plans across all tiers, and 75% coverage for vision and dental plans, with the option of an HSA account
• Life insurance
• 401(k), Worksome contributes 100% of the first 4%
• 30 days of paid vacation
• Paid sick leave
• A role where your decisions will have direct commercial and operational impact
• An opportunity to help define the future of global workforce solutions

Who we are:

At Focused, we move quickly to deliver quality software that achieves client outcomes and meets their customer’s needs. We strategically partner with our clients to leverage our expertise in design and software, while our clients bring their own domain expertise. We work with a variety of clients from different industries, collaborating as we get new products to market, modernizing legacy systems, or helping teams learn the skills they need to be successful.   

Our values:

• Listen first • We are experts in product practices but life long learners in the domain of our customers. We research, collaborate, and understand. 
• Learn why • We ask questions and talk to users to understand problem spaces, objectives, and goals, which allows us to deeply invest and drive towards the outcomes of our clients. 
• Love your craft • We love diving into a variety of domains and solving problems.  We take pride in delivering value, in communicating progress, and guiding our clients to success.

At Focused, our Engineers are both practitioners and experts in their craft. This role would play a crucial role in shaping and implementing engineering best practices and ensuring the successful delivery of complex software projects. With clients, we develop trust and influence - we are unintimidated and unintimidating. With colleagues, we set the standard for how we deliver success for clients.

What would you be doing?

• Build AI-enabled applications leveraging LangChain and LLMs to deliver meaningful, production-ready outcomes for clients.
• Deep expertise in LangChain, LangGraph and LangSmith
• Lead teams through end-to-end delivery across the stack, from backend services to modern web UIs.
• Pair program daily with teammates and clients to share knowledge, improve code quality, and grow together.
• Practice TDD and continuous refactoring to ensure code is reliable, maintainable, and understandable.
• Guide architecture decisions to support scalability, observability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and stakeholders to continuously deliver valuable software.
• Coach developers on the team through pairing, mentoring, and modeling healthy engineering culture.
• Influence technical direction beyond the team, working across client orgs and Focused’s internal practices to share lessons, shape approaches, and raise the collective bar.
• Stay curious through experimenting with new patterns in the GenAI space, share what works (and what doesn’t), and help evolve how we build AI-powered software.

We are excited about you, because you:

• You’re a hands-on, full stack engineer with a strong track record of delivering software in collaborative, agile environments.
• You’ve worked with LangChain (or similar agentic frameworks), and understand how to architect AI-native systems responsibly and effectively.
• You have experience leading engineering teams and feel confident mentoring and supporting other developers.
• You believe that code quality matters, and that TDD and pairing help build better systems and stronger teams.
• You’ve worked across multiple languages or frameworks (e.g., Python, Node, Java, React, Next.js) and are pragmatic about tool selection.
• You’re excited about what’s happening in the AI space but stay focused on delivering value.
• You have experience navigating complex organizations, building bridges across functions, and helping teams adopt modern development practices.
• You’re as comfortable in the code as you are in a client meeting and can translate technical risks and wins into language anyone can understand.
• You love to share what you’re learning and make the team around you better.

If you had worked at Focused over the last 3 months you may have:

• Paired with a teammate to build a document Q&A system using LangChain and OpenAI APIs
• Helped design an architecture that integrates LLM agents into a legacy enterprise workflow
• Refactored a flaky test suite to support continuous delivery with confidence
• Mentored a junior dev through their first pairing and TDD session
• Built and deployed a full stack GenAI MVP with a React frontend and FastAPI backend
• Facilitated an architecture spike to evaluate vector database options for semantic search
• Contributed a new section to our internal AI playbook
• Helped write this job req

What to know before you apply: 

• This role will require being in the Chicago office three days per week and up to 20% travel within the United States.
• Focused is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of the employment Visa process at this time.
• The Chicago base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $250,000.

Who we are:

At Focused, we move quickly to deliver quality software that achieves client outcomes and meets their customer’s needs. We strategically partner with our clients to leverage our expertise in design and software, while our clients bring their own domain expertise. We work with a variety of clients from different industries, collaborating as we get new products to market, modernizing legacy systems, or helping teams learn the skills they need to be successful.   

Our values:

• Listen first • We are experts in product practices but life long learners in the domain of our customers. We research, collaborate, and understand. 
• Learn why • We ask questions and talk to users to understand problem spaces, objectives, and goals, which allows us to deeply invest and drive towards the outcomes of our clients. 
• Love your craft • We love diving into a variety of domains and solving problems.  We take pride in delivering value, in communicating progress, and guiding our clients to success.

At Focused, our Engineers are both practitioners and experts in their craft. This role would play a crucial role in shaping and implementing engineering best practices and ensuring the successful delivery of complex software projects. With clients, we develop trust and influence - we are unintimidated and unintimidating. With colleagues, we set the standard for how we deliver success for clients.

What would you be doing?

• Build AI-enabled applications leveraging LangChain and LLMs to deliver meaningful, production-ready outcomes for clients.
• Deep expertise in LangChain, LangGraph and LangSmith
• Lead teams through end-to-end delivery across the stack, from backend services to modern web UIs.
• Pair program daily with teammates and clients to share knowledge, improve code quality, and grow together.
• Practice TDD and continuous refactoring to ensure code is reliable, maintainable, and understandable.
• Guide architecture decisions to support scalability, observability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and stakeholders to continuously deliver valuable software.
• Coach developers on the team through pairing, mentoring, and modeling healthy engineering culture.
• Influence technical direction beyond the team, working across client orgs and Focused’s internal practices to share lessons, shape approaches, and raise the collective bar.
• Stay curious through experimenting with new patterns in the GenAI space, share what works (and what doesn’t), and help evolve how we build AI-powered software.

We are excited about you, because you:

• You’re a hands-on, full stack engineer with a strong track record of delivering software in collaborative, agile environments.
• You’ve worked with LangChain (or similar agentic frameworks), and understand how to architect AI-native systems responsibly and effectively.
• You have experience leading engineering teams and feel confident mentoring and supporting other developers.
• You believe that code quality matters, and that TDD and pairing help build better systems and stronger teams.
• You’ve worked across multiple languages or frameworks (e.g., Python, Node, Java, React, Next.js) and are pragmatic about tool selection.
• You’re excited about what’s happening in the AI space but stay focused on delivering value.
• You have experience navigating complex organizations, building bridges across functions, and helping teams adopt modern development practices.
• You’re as comfortable in the code as you are in a client meeting and can translate technical risks and wins into language anyone can understand.
• You love to share what you’re learning and make the team around you better.

If you had worked at Focused over the last 3 months you may have:

• Paired with a teammate to build a document Q&A system using LangChain and OpenAI APIs
• Helped design an architecture that integrates LLM agents into a legacy enterprise workflow
• Refactored a flaky test suite to support continuous delivery with confidence
• Mentored a junior dev through their first pairing and TDD session
• Built and deployed a full stack GenAI MVP with a React frontend and FastAPI backend
• Facilitated an architecture spike to evaluate vector database options for semantic search
• Contributed a new section to our internal AI playbook
• Helped write this job req

What to know before you apply: 

• This role will require being in the Denver office three days per week and up to 20% travel within the United States.
• Focused is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of the employment Visa process at this time.
• The Denver base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $250,000.