In this role you will guide the scalable, reliable and secure building of the Everlaw platform. You will work closely with our DevOps, Security Engineering, and Infrastructure engineering leads to synthesize requirements and prioritize efforts. You will lead roadmapping, resourcing and execution for critical Everlaw platform projects. You will support and coach engineers in their career development and growth. You will work closely with our Engineering Operations team to improve processes to help with goal setting, empowerment and execution across Everlaw Engineering efforts. 

Engineering is the backbone of the Everlaw Platform. We build features and functionality into the product and its supporting cloud infrastructure systems and ensure its smooth functioning. We also provide data and insights to the rest of Everlaw. At our core, we like to build and enjoy the creative process of building software that is smart, that works well, that scales well, and that is reliable and secure. We do this by supporting and empowering our team members to do their best work, by tackling challenging and complex engineering problems and by nurturing and supporting each team member through mentoring, coaching, and comprehensive feedback. 

Everlaw’s mission is to promote justice by illuminating truth. Our company culture is open and vibrant and we’re committed to the professional growth of our team members, offering an annual learning and development stipend and regular check-ins with managers regarding career goals. If you’re looking for a place that values passion, integrity, thinking big, and a desire to learn, we’d love to hear from you! Think you’re missing some of the skills and are hesitant to apply? We do not believe in the ‘perfect’ candidate and encourage you to apply if you feel you can bring value to our team.

This is a full-time position based in our Oakland, California office with a hybrid work schedule: in office M/W/Th with the option to work from home Tu/Fr.

Getting started

• We want you to feel like part of the team early on! Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals. [And you’ll spend meaningful time getting to know your direct reports and discover what excites and challenges them.]
• We’re excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away! We trust that you’ll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1.

In your role, you’ll...

• Critically observe and understand Everlaw’s platform, infrastructure, tooling and processes. 
• Understand current and upcoming challenges and requirements from the viewpoint of multiple stakeholders. 
• Understand company goals and Product and Infrastructure roadmaps. 
• Strategize, prioritize, resource and execute against critical infrastructure priorities
• Actively coach your reports to deliver on projects and ensure they get the right types of feedback and coaching they need to succeed in their careers.
• Work with Engineering Operations, cross-functional teams, team members and managers to improve various processes that affect infrastructure growth, support, alignment, collaboration and accountability.

About you

• You have a sound understanding of a wide range of computer science topics and concerns relating to system and software design.
• You have experience as an engineer building applications and/or distributed systems autonomously.
• You have expertise and experience with cloud infrastructure, developer productivity,and/or development of highly available platform services (i.e. storage systems, pub-sub systems, search systems, caching solutions). 
• You have experience working with stakeholder teams (internal and/or external) communicating and collaborating on topics related to infrastructure.
• You have at least 5 years as a Software engineer working on distributed systems problems and cloud technologies.
• You have at least 1 year experience leading software engineers - either as a manager managing engineers or as a technical lead or technical lead manager, managing the technical workstreams of software engineers.
• BS/MS or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent).
• You are authorized to work in the United States. Please note that currently, Everlaw is not sponsoring employment visas.

Benefits

• The expected salary range for this role is between $210,000 - $250,000. The final offered salary will be dependent upon many factors including the candidate’s experience and skills. The base pay range is subject to change in the future.
• Equity program
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
• Paid parental leave and approximately 10 days (80 hours) per year of sick leave
• Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
• Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
• Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Find out more about our Benefits and Perks

Perks

• Work in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt
• Flexible work-from-home days on Tuesdays and Fridays
• Monthly home internet reimbursement
• Select your preference of hardware (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup
• Enjoy a wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office
• Bond over company-wide out-of-the-box events and fun activities with your team
• Time off for company-sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice
• Take advantage of learning and career development opportunities 
• Ranked #9 on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2023 for US small and medium companies
• One of Wealthfront’s 2021 Career Launching Companies, and ranked #2 on the “2022 Bay Area Best Places to Work” list by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal
• One of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022 and proud contributor of free ediscovery resources to benefit the greater good through “Everlaw for Good”
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