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If you have any concerns or questions about communications you have received, please send them to  so our team members can review.\nAbout NetDocuments\nAt 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.\nOur 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.\nInnovation 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.\nThat commitment to our employees and customers has earned us recognition as one of the nation's top workplaces, including:\nFour consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies\nFive-time Top Workplace USA winner\nFive-time Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplace\nMultiple Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognizing innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, and compensation & benefits\nIf 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.\nWhat You’ll Do \nNetDocuments is seeking a Staff Full Stack Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our next-generation document management systems. As a senior technical leader, you’ll drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable, event-driven platforms that power mission-critical frontend and backend solutions for our global customer base. \nThis role is ideal for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of backend architecture, cloud-native infrastructure, and full stack development-someone who builds production-ready applications at scale while guiding teams toward technical excellence. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering leadership to define the direction of our systems and integrate cutting-edge technologies, including AI-driven services and event-based data pipelines. \nIf you’re passionate about building resilient systems, mentoring engineers, and driving innovation in how organizations manage and interact with their documents, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact. \nYou will: \nTechnical Leadership & Architecture\nSet technical direction for our document content extraction and transformation team, establishing patterns for scalable, secure, and performant systems on AWS. \nLead architectural decisions that use OCR technologies such as Tesseract and Apryse OCR. \nDrive initiatives that improve scalability, performance, and reliability of the product while considering and implementing changes that control costs without impacting customer satisfaction. \nGuide the evolution of our content extraction and transformation technology stack as the business and customer needs mature and scale. \nMake critical technical decisions that balance user experience, performance, security, and maintainability. \nProduct Design and Build \nDesign and implement event-driven architectures using AWS services, Kafka, and modern data pipelines. \nBuild production-grade applications across C#/.Net, AWS services, and document extraction/transformation technologies. \nDesign and implement scalable APIs (REST, GraphQL) that power our front-end and enable third-party integrations. \nIntegrate AI-driven services and emerging technologies to enable greater backend efficiencies and increase customer productivity. \nBuild the product to enable seamless, scalable, and flexible semantic search capabilities. \nEnsure security, performance, and compliance considerations are applied across all implementations. \nProblem Solving & Ownership \nSolve complex technical challenges from real-time customer experiences and issues to event-driven document processing at scale. \nTake full ownership of initiatives from concept through production and ongoing evolution. \nMake sound architectural decisions by weighing trade-offs with reasoning that stands up over time. \nProactively identify and address technical debt before it impacts the team. \nBuild and Optimize Systems \nWrite high-quality, well-tested code across the full stack with emphasis on maintainability. \nDesign resilient systems that maintain uptime and performance as we scale globally. \nImplement observability through logging, metrics, and telemetry to proactively triage issues. \nMonitor and optimize performance at scale, identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions. \nCreate comprehensive technical documentation including architectural diagrams and design decisions. \nCollaboration & Mentorship \nPartner closely with product management to translate requirements into technical solutions. \nMentor engineers across experience levels, elevating technical skills and best practices. \nCollaborate with Platform Services, Ops, and other teams on integration points and shared infrastructure. \nBuild consensus on technical approaches while having authority to make final decisions when needed. \nLead knowledge-sharing initiatives through code reviews, design discussions, and documentation. \nContinuous Learning & Innovation \nStay at the forefront of content extraction and transformation technologies and industry trends, cloud-native architectures, and AI-powered tools. \nResearch and prove out new technologies through POCs that align with product strategy. \nContribute ideas that directly improve engineering velocity and quality. \nWhat You’ll Need to Be Successful \nBachelor’s degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field-or equivalent experience. \n8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications at scale on cloud platforms. \n5+ years in technical leadership and development roles using OCR technologies. \nProven track record of building scalable applications still in production. \nRequired Technical Knowledge \nExpert proficiency in C#/.NET. \nExpert proficiency with OCR technologies such as Tesseract or Apryse \nExpert proficiency building event-driven, microservice-based products \nExpert proficiency developing on cloud platforms, preferably AWS \nExpert proficiency with Kafka or similar event streaming platforms \nExpert proficiency in observability, including logging, metrics, tracing, telemetry, preferably with DataDog \nWhat Will Make You Stand Out \nDeep experience building with OCR & Text Extraction technologies. \nDeep experience building document management or enterprise content management \nDeep knowledge of event-driven architectures. \nYou know what it means and takes to ingest millions of documents an hour into a SaaS based document management platform \nTrack record of developing high-performance content extraction and transformation products at scale. \nLegal industry expertise or experience with B2B SaaS in regulated industries. \nExperience integrating AI services and emerging technologies into production systems. \nWhat You’ll Love About NetDocuments \nThe People! \n90% healthcare premiums company covered \nHSA company contribution \n401K match at 4% with immediate vesting \nFlexible PTO (typically 3 to 4 weeks a year) \n10 paid holidays \nMonthly contributions for life activities & wellness \nAccess to LinkedIn Learning with monthly dedicated time to explore \nConnection, access, and mentorship from exceptional leaders \nGrowing company with opportunities for advancement \nAuthenticity and accountability from leadership \nCompensation Transparency \nThe compensation range for this position is $170,000 - $190,000. \nThe posted cash compensation includes on-target earnings. 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