This role involves leading a software engineering team, driving technical direction, mentoring engineers, and overseeing web application development.
About Us:
Magna Legal Services provides end-to-end legal support services to law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies throughout the nation. As an end-to-end service provider, we can provide strategic advantages to our clients by offering legal support services at every stage of their legal proceedings.
Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Lead
Position Summary:
Magna Legal Services is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineering Lead to guide and grow a software engineering team. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in modern web development with proven leadership experience, driving both hands-on engineering and team development. This is a fully remote role, offering the opportunity to shape the technical direction of the internal and client-facing platforms that support our mission of empowering legal professionals with smarter tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture.
- Provide technical direction and oversight for the design, development, and maintenance of scalable web applications and services supporting Magna's internal operations and client-facing platforms.
- Collaborate with product managers, data engineers, AI engineers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into well-architected technical solutions.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to accelerate team productivity and improve code quality.
- Architect and build APIs and services using Node.js or .NET Core.
- Oversee front-end development using React and modern UI frameworks, ensuring consistent and high-quality user experiences.
- Conduct code reviews, lead architectural discussions, and champion continuous improvement of engineering practices and standards.
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and DevOps processes to ensure reliable and efficient software delivery.
- Support deployed solutions by coordinating issue resolution, implementing fixes, and driving performance optimization.
- Stay current on emerging software development practices, tools, and frameworks, with a focus on AI-augmented engineering workflows.
- Participate in project planning, estimation, and prioritization to align engineering efforts with organizational goals.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in professional software engineering with a strong track record of delivering production-grade applications and services.
- 2+ years of experience in an engineering lead role, including supervision or management of a team, project, or product.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, conduct effective code reviews, and drive engineering best practices.
- 3+ years of experience with Node.js or .NET Core in a production environment.
- Experience with public cloud services.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently in a remote environment.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with capacity planning, sprint management, or other engineering management practices.
- Proficiency in React and/or Material UI (MUI).
- Experience with Git and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, containerization).
- Experience with AI-assisted code generation tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot).
- Experience with Python for scripting, automation, or backend development.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or a similar relational database management system.
- Experience in legal tech, health tech, or other regulated industries.
- Experience with Azure.
- Experience integrating software solutions with AI/ML services and APIs.
Why Join Magna?
- Be part of a forward-thinking organization transforming the legal services industry through AI.
- Collaborate with a talented, diverse, and mission-driven team.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Flexible work environment.
Compensation: USD $200,000 - $220,000 per year.
An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees.
Magna Legal Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Top Skills
.Net Core
Ai-Assisted Development Tools
AWS
Azure
Ci/Cd
DevOps
Git
Node.js
Postgres
React
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