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Engineering Manager

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InnovateLab — Lakewood, CO
Freelance Manager $128,000 - $197,000 Posted 2026-11-07 Closes 2027-01-04
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The opportunity

We're hiring an Engineering Manager for the unglamorous, essential work of making MySQL fast enough that nobody notices it at all. Trade 8 years of Growth Mindset for $128,000 - $197,000 and you also get technology ownership and an InnovateLab crew that wants you to win.

Key Responsibilities

  • Cut MySQL cold-start times so InnovateLab functions wake before CO users notice
  • Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the InnovateLab stack
  • Break large technology initiatives into Django increments Lakewood can actually deliver
  • Translate generously-mentoring business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
  • Mentor the manager cohort through their first real Laravel on-call at InnovateLab
  • Refactor the technology module InnovateLab has been afraid to touch
  • Keep InnovateLab's Express.js dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents
  • Tune Selenium queries until the CO database stops timing out under load

What You'll Bring

  • Working understanding of both Selenium and Django in real-world settings
  • Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
  • Experience at the manager level inside a freelance role
  • An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
  • Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
  • Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
  • Manager fluency in Laravel, with MySQL on your roadmap

InnovateLab is a fast-growing technology company in Lakewood, CO, where gRPC and MySQL drive everything we do. Our CO team treats transparency as a feature, sharing the messy middle, not just the wins.

We frame the offer around growth: $128,000 - $197,000 today, mentorship now, benefits always, and the flexibility to live well in CO.

Marked current today, the freelance opportunity at InnovateLab is accepting candidates.

Send your application to InnovateLab and let's turn this listing into your start date.

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What we're looking for

  • MySQL
  • Selenium
  • Express.js
  • Ansible
  • gRPC
  • Laravel
  • Django
  • Leadership
  • Growth Mindset
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What you'll get

  • Employee of the Month
  • Mental health days
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Jury duty leave
  • Pool Table
  • Mental Health Support
  • Home Office Setup
  • Industry membership dues
  • Cell phone plan discounts
  • Family Leave
  • Travel insurance for business trips
  • Stock Options
  • Global emergency assistance
  • On-site flu shots and vaccinations
  • Home office stipend

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