Nick Flynn

Software Engineering Leader

nickrflynn@gmail.com
801.471.8496

Profile

Engineering leader with a decade of experience building distributed teams that deliver. Proven track record navigating hypergrowth and acquisition, scaling teams across time zones, and driving successful partnerships across engineering, product, and go-to-market. Known for cultivating team cultures built on trust, ownership, and sustainable execution.

Experience

Software Engineering Manager
Salesforce
Mar 2024 – Present
  • Led a cross-functional engineering team of 8, spanning time zones, delivering scalable product capabilities as part of a major post-acquisition integration
  • Successfully onboarded 10 offshore engineers to core development team and oversaw completion of their first cross-team projects
  • Selected to lead development of Spiff's first AI-enabled features post-acquisition
  • Recognized with the "Top Team Award" in Q2 FY25 across the Salesforce Apps & Industries org (Sales, Service, Commerce, and Marketing Clouds)
  • Reached general availability faster than any other acquired product in Salesforce history while meeting strict MSA, security, and SLA standards
Software Engineering Manager
Spiff
Oct 2021 – Mar 2024
  • Played a key leadership role during rapid company growth through acquisition by Salesforce
  • Led implementation of a Salesforce managed package using Spiff APIs, requiring deep coordination with internal platform teams, offshore partners, and executive stakeholders
  • Drove team culture, earning the highest eNPS scores across the engineering org for four of five measured quarters
  • Hired, mentored, and retained high-performing engineers across multiple full-stack teams
Software Engineering Lead
Health Catalyst
Apr 2020 – Oct 2021
  • Led architecture and implementation of an internal auditing tool, reducing support burden by 50% and saving ~$500K annually
  • Led 24x7 support planning and execution, meeting uptime and SLA targets
  • Acted as technical and cultural lead for a multi-disciplinary team; led hiring efforts and mentored junior and senior developers alike
  • Influenced architecture and roadmap across front-end, back-end, and data systems
Software Engineer
Health Catalyst
Aug 2014 – Apr 2020
  • Designed, built, and maintained high-traffic Angular applications and RESTful ASP.NET Core services
  • Served as lead developer and functional owner for the company's most widely used application
  • Mentored four engineering interns, many of whom were offered full-time roles
Software Engineering Intern
Health Catalyst
May 2014 – Aug 2014
  • Delivered production features and performed impact analysis for schema changes across legacy apps
  • First intern in company history to receive a full-time offer

Skills & Technologies

Languages

TypeScript JavaScript C# Elixir (novice) Python (recreational)

Front-End

React Angular Next.js Svelte HTML/CSS

Back-End

ASP.NET Core Entity Framework LINQ

Databases

SQL Server PostgreSQL Snowflake MongoDB Firebase Firestore

Other

REST GraphQL Azure Azure DevOps PowerShell Jira Agile Scrum

Values & Interests