Your Impact
The Senior Software Engineer (DevOps) is responsible for subsystems of a project. They are expected to lead epics/initiatives, mentor more junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions. They design and develop high-quality, scalable, and innovative software solutions in a SaaS environment, utilizing cutting-edge technologies and methodologies, and ensuring they meet the current and future needs of the business and its customers.
What You'll Do
● Technical Leadership and Mentorship:
Provides technical leadership in project teams, mentors and guides more junior engineers, and contributes to technical decision-making.
● Performance Optimization: Focuses on designing systems for high performance, scalability, and reliability.● Stakeholder Engagement: Works with stakeholders, including product managers, designers, developers, and executives, to align architectural designs with business needs and customer expectations.● Proficient Software Development: Designs, develops, and maintains sophisticated software solutions, ensuring they are efficient, scalable, and meet business requirements with architectural excellence.● Code Quality and Optimization: Upholds and enhances code quality through rigorous review processes, optimization techniques, and adherence to best practices.● Technical Problem Solving: Tackles complex technical challenges, employing a problem-solving approach with innovative solutions.
● Collaboration and Communication:
Works effectively within the engineering team and cross-functional teams, collaborating with other engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders, contributing to project planning and execution.
● Continuous Learning and Adaptation:
Stays updated with the latest technology trends and advancements, continually enhancing skills and knowledge, bringing innovative ideas to the team
● Technical Documentation:
Creates and maintains comprehensive technical documentation, ensuring clarity and accessibility of information.
Who You Are
● 7-10+ years of relevant experience in software development, with a focus on SaaS or cloud-based applications.● Experience in leading or playing key roles in significant software projects, showing an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.● Skilled in planning and implementing features and aligning backend architecture with front-end design and user experience.● Proficiency in containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and proficiency in creating, deploying, and managing containers.● Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI) for automated testing and deployment of microservices.● Proficient in designing and architecting microservices systems, including advanced concepts like distributed data management and event-driven architectures.
Expertise in implementing complex microservices, advanced use of containerization and orchestration, and setting up CI/CD pipelines for microservices.● Knowledge of system architecture, design patterns, and best practices in software development.● Strong skills with designing and operating software in a Cloud Provider, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Even Better If You Have…
● Involvement in developing, maintaining and monitoring large-scale, high-availability software systems.● Experience leveraging observability systems (logging, metrics, traces) to monitor and debug production subsystems and generate business level metrics.● Experience selecting and extending 3rd party components (commercial or open source) that provide operational leverage.● Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with an emphasis on a well-maintained testing pyramid.● Experience using feature or release toggles as a code branching strategy● Experience with Contract-first designing and negotiating with other systems● Contribute to technical documentation
Perks of DISCO
- Open, inclusive, and fun environment
- Benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as 401(k)
- Competitive salary plus RSUs
- Flexible PTO
- Opportunity to be a part of a company that is revolutionizing the legal industry
- Growth opportunities throughout the company
About DISCO
DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters. Are you ready to help us fulfill our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law? Join us! We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
