Requirements
Must have:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years in engineering management.
- Proven experience managing multiple teams or a group of 7+ engineers and leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to define and deliver a technical vision aligned with business strategy.
- Strong background in distributed, cloud-based product development, ideally with Azure or AWS.
- Solid understanding of modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, microservices, and scalable architectures.
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Ability to distill complex technical concepts and present them clearly to leadership and cross-functional audiences.
- A strong technical foundation in software engineering with the ability to mentor across technical domains is a plus.
- Experience building high-performing, engaged teams that ship impactful software will help you stand out.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and scale our Transformers team as we develop next-generation intelligent products.
- Guide teams building scalable, secure, and innovative cloud-based systems for document transformation, OCR, and text extraction.
- Define and drive the engineering vision and execution for Transformers initiatives, aligning product, engineering, and business priorities.
- Own and maintain the roadmap for the Transformers engineering organization, balancing innovation with operational excellence.
- Oversee delivery across multiple teams to ensure high-quality releases delivered on time.
- Mentor engineers and technical staff while fostering trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support hiring, performance management, and career development to strengthen diverse, high-impact teams.
- Partner with Product Management and Design to set priorities and maintain strategic alignment.
- Present technical strategies, roadmaps, and progress updates to senior leadership in business-oriented language.
- Act as the connector between technical and non-technical stakeholders by translating complex ideas into actionable insights.
- Promote strong engineering practices around architecture, reliability, scalability, security, compliance, performance, and privacy.
- Encourage experimentation and responsible use of emerging AI technologies.
- Foster a growth mindset, continuous learning, transparency, and a collaborative culture across the engineering organization.
- Support knowledge sharing and contributions to open-source initiatives across the company.
Company:
We are NetDocuments, a trusted intelligent document management platform for legal professionals, helping organizations work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and unlock the value of their institutional knowledge. We are building the future of legal work through innovative technology, including the industrys first legal context graph, while maintaining enterprise-grade security, governance, permissions, and ethical walls. Our culture is collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing, and we value curiosity, diverse perspectives, and meaningful impact. We have earned recognition as a top workplace multiple times, including repeated appearances on the Inc. 5000 and Top Workplace USA lists. This role sits on our Platform organization and reports to the Director of Engineering, with close partnership across Product, Architecture, and Data Science.
We offer strong benefits including company-covered healthcare premiums, HSA contributions, a 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible PTO, paid holidays, wellness support, and LinkedIn Learning access. The compensation range for this role is $180,000 to $200,000.
