About the Company
Our client is a private equity-backed legal technology company with approximately 300–370 employees and a growing engineering organization. The company is the market leader in its category, serving thousands of law firms nationwide through a platform that combines expert witness services, litigation intelligence, workflow software, and AI-powered products. Profitable since inception and backed by a leading growth-oriented private equity firm, the business has experienced significant growth over the past decade and is now entering a major technology transformation. With a newly appointed CTO and continued investment in engineering, data, cloud infrastructure, and AI, the company is evolving from a services-led organization into a modern software and data platform
About the Ro
le
We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help architect and build the next generation of the platform. Reporting directly to the CTO, you'll play a key role in modernizing infrastructure, scaling data systems, and developing AI-powered products that transform legal workflows. This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, influencing technical strategy, and mentoring other enginee
rs.
Responsibili
- ties
Design and build scalable distributed systems and platform infrastru - ctureLead architecture decisions across cloud, data, and application l
- ayersOwn AWS infrastructure and cloud str
- ategyDevelop AI-powered features including LLM workflows, vector search, and RAG sy
- stemsBuild and optimize data pipelines, warehousing, and analytics plat
- formsEstablish engineering best practices around reliability, testing, CI/CD, and observab
- ilityMentor engineers and drive technical excellence across
- teamsPartner with Product and Leadership on technical roadmap and strategic initia
tives
Qualific
- ations
8+ years of software engineering exp - erienceStrong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and Pos
- tgreSQLDeep AWS experience and infrastructure ow
- nershipExperience with Terraform, CDK, or similar infrastructure-as-cod
- e toolsStrong system design and distributed systems kn
- owledgeExperience building production AI/ML or LLM-powered p
- roductsExcellent communication and leadership
skills
Preferre
- d Skills
Experience with marketplace, SaaS, or LegalTech - platformsSalesforce migration or platform modernization e
- xperienceData engineering and analytics platform
- expertisePayments or financial systems e
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