Staff Software Engineer - Next-Gen

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About NetDocuments

At NetDocuments, we're shaping the future of legal work. We believe legal professionals should spend less time searching for information and managing documents, and more time solving complex problems, serving clients, and delivering meaningful outcomes. That's why we're building technology that helps organizations work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge.

Our team is redefining what's possible for legal technology. NetDocuments is the trusted intelligent document management platform for legal professionals and the company behind the industry's first and only legal context graph-a breakthrough that gives legal professionals and AI a richer understanding of how matters, documents, people, and knowledge connect across an organization while respecting enterprise-grade security, governance, permissions, and ethical walls.

Innovation is only part of our story. We believe our greatest strength is our people. We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture where curiosity is encouraged, diverse perspectives are valued, and employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact. Whether you're building products, serving customers, or supporting the business, your work helps shape the future of one of the world's most trusted legal technology platforms.

That commitment to our employees and customers has earned us recognition as one of the nation's top workplaces, including:

• Four consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
• Five-time Top Workplace USA winner
• Five-time Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplace
• Multiple Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognizing innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, and compensation & benefits

If you're excited to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside talented colleagues, and help define the next generation of legal technology, we'd love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

NetDocuments is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of our document management platform. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who brings deep expertise building production-grade full stack applications and a strong track record of leading technical direction within their team.

You’ll operate as a hands-on technical leader, helping drive the architecture and delivery of scalable, event-driven systems across React, TypeScript, Node.js, C#/.NET, and AWS. You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Platform Services, and engineering leadership to solve complex technical challenges, integrate emerging technologies including AI-powered services, and ensure our platform continues to scale with the performance, reliability, and security our customers expect.

You will:

Technical Leadership & Team Impact

• Serve as a hands-on technical leader, helping define technical direction and engineering standards across the team.

• Lead architectural discussions and make technical decisions across frontend, backend, and distributed systems.

• Establish patterns for building scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable applications.

• Guide the evolution of the technology stack as the platform matures and scales.

• Drive technical initiatives that improve system performance, reliability, developer experience, and engineering quality.

Design & Build

• Architect and build production-grade full stack applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, C#/.NET, and AWS.

• Design and implement event-driven architectures using AWS services, Kafka, and modern data pipelines.

• Build responsive frontend experiences that make complex document management workflows intuitive and efficient.

• Design scalable REST and GraphQL APIs that power product experiences and third-party integrations.

• Build content enrichment and search capabilities that surface insights across large volumes of documents.

• Integrate AI-powered services and emerging technologies that enhance document intelligence and user productivity.

System Performance & Operational Excellence

• Design resilient systems that maintain reliability and performance as the platform scales globally.

• Instrument applications with logging, metrics, distributed tracing, and telemetry to proactively identify and diagnose issues.

• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to scalability and reliability.

• Ensure security, performance, and compliance requirements are incorporated throughout system design and implementation.

• Proactively identify and address technical debt across the platform.

Problem Solving & Ownership

• Own complex technical initiatives from initial design through production deployment and ongoing evolution.

• Solve challenges across areas such as real-time search, event-driven document processing, frontend performance, and distributed systems.

• Evaluate architectural trade-offs across performance, usability, security, scalability, and maintainability.

• Create clear technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, system designs, and key technical decisions.

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Partner closely with Product and Design to translate customer and business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Mentor engineers across experience levels and help elevate technical capabilities and engineering practices across the team.

• Collaborate with Platform Services and other engineering teams on shared infrastructure and integration points.

• Build alignment around technical approaches and provide clear direction when decisions need to be made.

• Lead knowledge sharing through code reviews, design discussions, documentation, and hands-on technical guidance.

Continuous Learning & Innovation

• Stay current with modern full stack development, cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and AI-powered technologies.

• Research and validate emerging technologies through proof-of-concepts aligned with product and engineering strategy.

• Identify opportunities to improve both customer experience and engineering velocity.

• Leverage modern development and AI tooling to increase engineering effectiveness and impact.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications at scale.

• 3+ years of experience providing technical leadership and influencing engineering direction and practices.

• Deep experience with React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript.

• Strong backend development experience with C#/.NET or Java and TypeScript/Node.js.

• Experience designing and operating event-driven, service-oriented, and microservices architectures.

• Experience building distributed, cloud-native systems using AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, and S3.

• Experience working with NoSQL technologies such as DynamoDB or DocumentDB and relational SQL databases.

• Strong experience designing REST and GraphQL APIs, including API security and versioning strategies.

• Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming and messaging technologies.

• Experience implementing logging, metrics, distributed tracing, and telemetry for production systems.

• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD practices, and supporting production applications.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience building document management, content services, or search-driven applications.

• Deep expertise with event-driven architectures and Kafka.

• Experience building high-performance React applications at scale.

• Experience integrating AI-powered services into production applications.

• Experience building B2B SaaS products in the legal industry or other regulated environments.

• Mobile development or cross-platform application experience.

• Contributions to open-source projects, technical writing, or experience sharing technical expertise with broader engineering communities.

What You’ll Love About NetDocuments

• The People!

• 90% healthcare premiums company covered

• HSA company contribution

• 401K match at 4% with immediate vesting

• Flexible PTO, typically 3 to 4 weeks a year

• 10 paid holidays

• Monthly contributions for life activities and wellness

• Access to LinkedIn Learning with monthly dedicated time to explore

• Connection, access, and mentorship from exceptional leaders

• Growing company with opportunities for advancement

• Authenticity and accountability from leadership

Compensation Transparency

The compensation range for this position is $170,000-$190,000.

The posted cash compensation includes on-target earnings. Some roles may qualify for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location.

Equal Opportunity  

NetDocuments is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. NetDocuments believes diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.