Legora

Engineering Manager

New York City. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will lead a team of engineers while remaining hands-on in the code. You will architect and deliver features for a fullstack platform used by legal professionals.

What you will do

  • Design and implement end-to-end features across our fullstack platform
  • Contribute directly to the codebase while supporting the growth of your team
  • Lead architecture discussions and technical decision-making
  • Ensure high standards in code quality, security, and performance
  • Collaborate closely with Product and Design to ship value quickly and reliably
  • Review code, give feedback, and mentor engineers at all levels
  • Champion best practices in development, DevOps, and continuous improvement
  • Work with Node.js, React, Azure, AWS and Kubernetes
  • Work every day to ensure your team is healthy and efficient

Required qualifications

  • Seasoned fullstack or backend engineer with 1-3 years of leadership experience
  • Comfortable being hands-on while also setting technical direction
  • Skilled in building scalable products and owning complex systems end-to-end
  • Strong communicator who leads with empathy and clarity
  • Passionate about mentoring others and helping teams grow
  • Confident working across backend, frontend, and infrastructure
  • Curious, pragmatic, and always looking for smarter ways to build and deliver
  • Gets stuff done and understands building a successful company takes hard work and long hours
  • Proactively and independently solves the most burning problems
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment where the answers aren’t always clear and processes are few

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
  • HSA or Healthcare FSA
  • Dental plans via MetLife
  • Vision plans via Vision Care
  • Generous parental leave
  • Free access to Maven Clinic
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Life Insurance + STD/LTD
  • 401(K) with generous company match

Before you apply

  • Candidates will go through the same interview process as software engineering candidates including a coding task and a technical interview
  • Additional interview steps at the end designed for the engineering manager role

About the company

Legora is an AI-native workspace for legal professionals. The company has 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries and has scaled to $200M+ in ARR.