Manager, Engineering

Job Description

Join the Legal Tech Revolution at Litera 

Are you ready to shape the future of how law is practiced? At Litera, we’re on a mission to Raise The Bar™️ for the legal profession by delivering transformational and globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. We’ve been a leader in legal tech innovation for 30 years and are leading the legal AI revolution to this day with most of the world’s largest law firms as our clients. If you’re passionate about building AI-forward solutions that scale globally and want your work to impact millions of legal professionals worldwide, this is your opportunity to be part of an extraordinary team that’s elevating the craft of law. 

As part of our strategic growth and commitment to fostering collaboration and operational excellence, we are transitioning to a hybrid working model. This position is based in Denver, CO and candidates should reside within reasonable commuting distance, as this role requires on-site presence at least three days per week. This hybrid approach enables us to build a collaborative and innovative work environment while maintaining the flexibility that supports both productivity and work-life balance. We are actively seeking talented individuals to join our team in this exciting new phase of growth.  

Available Office Location: Denver  

Overview: As a Manager, Engineering at Litera, you will be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about driving innovation in the legal technology space. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge tools and collaborate with industry experts to deliver solutions that make a real difference in the legal profession. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Oversee and coordinate resources and processes required to deliver new or maintain existing software products  

• Work with department leaders to define, publish, maintain, and monitor Development metrics  

• Establish and evolve software development standards and processes along with best practices for delivery of scalable, high-quality software  

• Command a broad awareness of related projects  

• Oversee the recruitment and talent identification process for their team   

• Grow the skill set on the team along with setting overall expectations  

• Keep up to date with modern technologies relevant to your team  

• Take a hands-on role in software development as needed  

• Contribute to the success of a self-organizing team  

Qualifications: 

• 8+ years of software development experience, and 3+ years of management experience   

• 5+ years of experience using modern object-oriented programming languages (e.g. C#, C++, Java, Python) and software development best practices  

• 4+ years of experience with   

• Back-end web services (e.g. REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, etc.)  

• Front-end UI (e.g. JavaScript, TypeScript, React, etc.)  

• Testing frameworks (e.g. NUnit, xUnit, jest, etc.)  

• Experience leading software development teams that deliver quality software at scale in an Agile Scrum environment  

• Experience transforming development efficiency and quality through use of coding agents and assistants. 

• Experience in test-driven development frameworks and promoting them within teams. 

• Experience managing and mentoring managers  

• Comfortable giving feedback to team members and handling personal situations  

• Comfortable leading, making decisions, solving problems, and organizing work for a team  

• Ability to listen, resolve conflict, and negotiate with a high level of influence and professionalism  

• Proficient at business analytics and metrics gathering  

• Excellent at multi-tasking and able to handle competing priorities  

Preferred Skills: 

• Microsoft technologies (e.g. WPF/WinF