Senior Staff Software Engineer

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Ironclad, you'll work cross-functionally to identify business problems and architect, build, and verify solutions. You'll build a platform that lets lawyers scale themselves and their businesses 100x more effectively. At Ironclad, we’ve built a product that brings a two thousand year old profession into the digital age, and you’ll play a pivotal role in driving the foundation forward by building the wave of AI powered contract intelligence features. We seek experienced engineers with strong coding fundamentals and a track record of shipping high quality products. We work in a highly collaborative environment, and strive to foster a positive, inclusive culture and offer remote work flexibility. If you’d like to join us on our mission to build the product that legal teams love, let’s talk!

Responsibilities

Serve as the Technical Lead Architect and owner of Ironclad’s document and record service, driving the technical strategy and decisions that ensure reliability, scalability, and performance; Partner across engineering teams, ensuring the document service unlocks new feature capabilities and AI innovation; Mentor and provide thoughtful feedback to other engineers and cultivate a culture of engineering excellence; Collaborate cross functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to spec, design, and build features and systems; Partner with quality engineers to define, build and maintain testing strategy; Grow your teams by interviewing and recruiting talented engineers to Ironclad; Work on a modern stack built upon: TypeScript, Node.js, PostgresSQL, Temporal, and Docker containers in Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform; Build and apply AI tools and features to power the future of contract intelligence

Requirements

Strong coding fundamentals and a track record of shipping high quality products; At least 7 years of software experience architecting, building, launching and maintaining complex (backend/platform) systems; Leadership across teams and a drive towards improving overall technical architecture and achieving company-wide goals; Passion for software engineering to build and ship great product; Experience leveraging AI tooling across a team to improve execution quality and velocity; Hands-on experience shipping valuable products to production with real user feedback; A high bar for quality; Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills; Ironclad’s Values: drive, intent, integrity, and empathy

Nice to have

TypeScript; Node.js; PostgresSQL; Temporal; Docker; Kubernetes; Google Cloud Platform

Benefits

100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available; Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave; Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner; Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it; Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use; Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools; Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees); 401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees); Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun; Equity awards; Competitive health and wellness benefits; Commitment to career growth and development; Opportunity to help build the company you want to work at