Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Join Our Team at Litera: Where Legal Technology Meets Excellence 

Litera has been at the forefront of legal technology innovation for over 25 years, crafting legal software to amplify impact and maximize efficiency. Developed by the best legal minds in the industry, our comprehensive suite of integrated legal tools is both powerful and user-friendly and simplifies the way modern firms manage core legal workflows, secure collaboration, and organize firm knowledge and experience. Every day, we help more than 2.3 million legal professionals focus on their craft. Litera: Less busy work, more of your life’s work. 

Overview 

As a Senior Software Engineer 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. 

We are seeking an experienced engineer with a strong background in .NET / C#, ReactJS, SQL, and cloud services development to deliver world-class software solutions to our customers, primarily focused in the area of information governance. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering high-quality, data-driven applications and services. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Execute the design, development, testing, and delivery of scalable customer-facing applications and services 

• Deliver clean, thoroughly documented, and extensible code, adhering to defined Litera engineering standards for quality, security, and scalability 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Management, Quality Engineering) to complete tasks 

• Operate as a source for expert level knowledge of modern software development techniques and methodologies 

• Perform thorough code reviews, providing guidance to fellow software engineers in the design, development, testing and deployment of the .NET / C# based applications and services 

• Take ownership of product features from estimates to design and development 

• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including work item refinement, code reviews, testing, and deployment processes 

• Actively participate in Litera’s Agile methodology and culture of continuous improvement by employing new practices to increase the efficiency and quality of the development process 

• Manage individual task priorities, estimates, deadlines, and deliverables, while meeting or exceeding key performance and quality metrics as defined and communicated by leadership  

• Employ strong patterns of unit and integration testing to meet organization test coverage goals 

 Required Qualifications 
 
•    5-8+ years of software development experience with excellent C# and TypeScript/JavaScript (ReactJS) coding skills 

•    4+ years of experience with the following technologies: 
•   .NET/.NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Web/REST APIs 
•    HTML5/CSS 
•    3+ years of experience with the following technologies: 
•    SQL and Entity Framework experience 
•    Client-side web frameworks such as Knockout, React, Angular, or Vue.js 
•    Unit testing frameworks, such as NUnit, XUnit, or Microsoft Test 
•    Education in Computer Science or Software Engineering (or related experience) 
•    Experience developing software using Microsoft Visual Studio, GitHub, Jira and/or Azure DevOps 
•    Direct experience and a demonstrated understanding of one or more frontend frameworks, such as React, Agular, or jQuery 
•    Exceptional foundational experience in HTTP, REST, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS 
•    Direct experience and a demonstrated understanding of the backend development of se