Senior Software Engineer

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design, build, and operate scalable search platform capabilities in a cloud environment.

• Run and improve production systems that support high-volume, mission-critical customer workflows.

• Develop high-quality, maintainable code using sound software engineering practices.

• Troubleshoot complex production issues, resolve defects, and support customer-impacting incidents.

• Improve observability, automation, capacity planning, and operational readiness for search infrastructure.

• Participate in production support and on-call responsibilities after appropriate onboarding.

• Collaborate with engineering, SRE, product, and architecture partners to evolve the search platform roadmap.

• Identify and implement platform optimizations and enhancements to improve reliability, performance, and efficiency.

• Help define and promote engineering standards and contribute to the long-term architecture of the search platform.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of professional experience developing commercial-grade software systems or infrastructure platforms.

• Experience building, operating, or scaling distributed systems in production.

• Familiarity with running mission-critical systems at scale, including reliability, availability, and operational readiness practices.

• Production support or on-call experience, including incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to diagnose complex system behavior using operational data.

• Experience designing or developing scalable solutions in a major public cloud environment.

• Hands-on programming experience in a modern backend language.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, SRE, product, and architecture teams.

• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Preferred

• Experience running and scaling petabyte-scale search, indexing, or retrieval infrastructure.

• Experience with Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Lance, TurboPuffer, or comparable search/vector infrastructure.

• Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native platform operations.

• Experience with Azure cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure management.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, or similar technologies.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and progressive delivery practices.

• Experience building or operating monitoring, observability, and alerting systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, or New Relic.

• Comfortable working in Linux-based production environments.

• Experience improving performance, reliability, cost efficiency, or operational toil in large-scale infrastructure systems.

WHY WE COULD BE A GREAT FIT

Impactful Mission

• Build systems that help customers organize data, discover the truth, and act on it in high-stakes legal matters.

Engineering at Scale

• Work on distributed, cloud-native systems that process large volumes of data.

Cutting-Edge Technology

• Build with AI, cloud platforms, and scalable architectures shaping legal tech.

Growth and Ownership

• Gain experience owning systems end-to-end across cloud and distributed environments.

Collaborative Culture

• Work in a team focused on knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Inclusive Environment

• Diverse perspectives create stronger teams and better outcomes.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary, benefits, DTO, parental leave, and equity program.