Staff Software Engineer

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

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About the Ro

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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

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Responsibili

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  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

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Qualific

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  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

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  Experience with marketplace, SaaS, or LegalTech
• platformsSalesforce migration or platform modernization e
• xperienceData engineering and analytics platform
• expertisePayments or financial systems e