Scott Linenberger

Scott Linenberger

Engineering Manager · Bellevue, WA

14+ years in software development. Deeply technical, engineer-at-heart leader with a proven record of improving delivery, reliability, and team health. Known for stepping into ambiguity, organizing execution, and building cultures of trust and accountability.

Full-Stack Embedded Systems AI Tooling IT Leadership

About

I build things that work and teams that ship. My career spans enterprise frontend systems at companies like Pinterest and Oracle, embedded hardware projects with ESP microcontrollers, and AI-powered automation tooling. Currently providing fractional IT leadership through Grey Matter Dynamics while actively researching applied AI workflows and agent orchestration.

Whether it's driving a revenue-critical engineering org, writing firmware for a custom PCB, or designing token-efficient AI workflows — I approach every problem with the same mindset: understand it deeply, build it reliably, and make it expandable.

Leadership
Engineering Leadership People Management Delivery & Execution OKRs Cross-Functional Partnership
Software
TypeScript React Node.js JavaScript Jest Cypress Redux Frontend Architecture
AI & Automation
AI/LLM Tooling Prompt Engineering Agent Orchestration AI Workflow Design Claude Code
Embedded / Hardware
C++ Arduino ESP8266 / ESP32 NeoPixel Serial / I2C / SPI
Infrastructure
Linux Bash Python Networking Docker

Experience

14+ years building software, leading teams, and shipping products

Founder & Fractional IT Director
Grey Matter Dynamics
Oct 2023 — Present

Providing fractional IT director leadership for non-profit organizations. Designed AI-powered productivity tooling and token-efficiency strategies. Conducting applied R&D on local model agent orchestration for high-privacy environments.

Engineering Manager II
Pinterest
Jan 2023 — Sept 2023

Led revenue-critical frontend org supporting tools tied to $120M+ in revenue. Drove 87% reduction in critical incidents, 25% increase in dev productivity, and 34% increase in on-time delivery within six weeks.

Engineering Manager
Compass
Nov 2021 — Sept 2022

Led two frontend teams (10+ engineers) delivering products used by 270,000+ agents. Reduced quality-related SEV-2 incidents by 85%. Resolved cross-team blockers by forming and driving focused Tiger Teams.

EM & Frontend Engineering Lead
Tegria / KenSci
Nov 2020 — Nov 2021

Led development of a prototype rule-editor UI for medical data science and AI applications. Hands-on technical contribution across TypeScript, React, GraphQL, and Apollo while mentoring engineers and establishing testing standards.

Senior Software Engineer
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Jun 2019 — Nov 2020

Improved monolith test coverage by 40% as part of org-wide quality initiative. Built reusable internal tools and delivered features for a mission-critical DevOps portal under disciplined on-call standards.

Earlier Career
VML • Cabela's • Ford Motors
2012 — 2019

Built hero UI features for Cabela's in-store kiosk platform using AngularJS, Redux, and D3. Delivered customer-facing web applications across automotive and retail verticals.


Projects

Open source libraries and embedded hardware projects


Ventures

Grey Matter Dynamics
Fractional IT Leadership for Nonprofits

Building sustainable technology programs for small nonprofits and businesses — not just putting out fires. We stabilize broken systems, modernize security and infrastructure, then automate operations for long-term independence.

Project Rebar

An open-source IT framework for nonprofits. Modular design, no per-user licensing fees. Built to give resource-constrained organizations enterprise-grade infrastructure foundations.

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