Our Story: Litera, headquartered in Chicago, IL, is a fast-growing software company and one of the leading legal technology suppliers in the world. Serving more than 90% of the world's largest law firms, our software is used by hundreds of thousands of lawyers every day. As a company recognized as one of the best places to work, we believe professional development, rewards programs, open communication, and transparent leadership all contribute to a unique and open work environment. Our employees are driven, energetic, passionate, and have the ability to make a direct impact on the future of the company.

The Opportunity: Come join and help lead a relentless team of software engineers dedicated to helping the legal and corporate world take charge of their document content. We are looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager who will ensure that the team meets all team and application performance metrics, follows best practices, and delivers on schedule all in the name of customer delight.

A Day in the Life:

• 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

Role progression:

Within 1 month, you will:

• Complete our Engineering onboarding plan
• Meet your team and set up recurring 1-on-1s
• Learn the nuts and bolts of our business, as well as where we are headed
• Familiarize yourself with our Software Development Life Cycle and our specific flavor of Scrum
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies

Within 3 months, you will:

• Gain insight into the Department goals, and how they relate to the overall Company vision
• Develop Personal Objectives in conjunction with your manager which align to the Department’s objectives
• Start contributing to the technical decisions surrounding software components, many of which are shared across multiple products, with scalability and resiliency in mind

Within 6 months, you will:

• Contribute, as a fully integrated manager of the Engineering department
• Review product requirements to validate technical feasibility, allocate resources, and help provide timelines
• Work across functional boundaries to coordinate and communicate the implementation of software projects
• Fully participate in Performance Reviews, and start anticipating career development needs for each of your team members
• Coach and mentor your team, while managing resource allocations

About You:

• 8+ years of software development experience, and 2+ years of management experience
• 5+ years of experience using modern open source object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Ruby, Python, etc.) and software development best practices
• 4+ years of experience with:
  • Open source frameworks (e.g. Ruby on Rails, Django, etc.)
  • Back-end web services (e.g. REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, etc.)
  • Front-end UI (e.g. JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Material-UI, Electron, etc.)
  • Testing frameworks (e.g. RSpec, Jest, etc.)
  • As a plus, experience building Microservices-based software, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, Open XML, Elasticsearch, Machine Learning

What Sets us Apart?

• Have direct contact and work directly with the leadership team
• Work with a team that has a proven track record
• Our company growth will challenge, and encourage you to broaden your skills
• Participation in management development program with presence from the Executive team
• Access to ongoing, online technical training courses
• Generous allocation of paid time off, and flexible work hours