Lead Software Engineer

Are you a technology leader with a passion for software design and development and have experience in developing projects in a collaborative agile team environment? If so, join the FindLaw technology group as a Lead Software Engineer, where you will contribute to the design and delivery of critical public-facing and internal applications.

FindLaw is the leading provider of business marketing solutions for law firms and has the largest online destination for people with legal needs (findlaw.com).  We provide access to justice for consumers who want to find an attorney or collect information to better understand a legal issue.  Our solutions help law firms grow their practice through strategic digital marketing approaches that drive results. As part of Internet Brands, we leverage extensive resources and use industry leading tools and technologies like AI and Kubernetes to enable our success.

 

About the Role
- As a Lead Software Engineer at FindLaw, your responsibilities are to:
- Collaborate with others efficiently and effectively to accomplish tasks on the desired timeline.
- Learn and apply new business and technical concepts quickly.
- Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring design and architecture are aligned with the FindLaw strategy, standards, and best practices.
- Participate in all aspects of the agile process from story creation through release.
- Design, develop, test, and deliver application features that delight customers.
- Contribute non-functional requirements to projects to achieve long term application health and stability.
- Understand and apply current secure development practices.
- Maintain an understanding of industry trends and use this knowledge to bring new innovative ideas to the group.
- Support Production applications as needed to prevent service interruptions and maintain a high level of quality for our customers.
- Communicate effectively in written and verbal form with colleagues and vendor representatives.
- Mentor junior engineers to sustain a high level of development standards.
- Effectively manage your priorities and time.
- Present technical concepts and proposals with business and technical audiences in a way that resonates with them.
- Tackle the largest technical challenges facing the team.

 

About You
- Your qualifications for a Lead Software Engineer are:
- A bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- Minimum 7 years in a technical development role.
- 5+ years experience developing enterprise Java applications using Spring, with unit tests.
- Experience designing, delivering, and maintaining ReSTful services.
- Experience with cloud services from AWS or Azure.
- Experience with messaging services like SQS, IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, or similar. 
- Experience managing efficient database connections and transactions in Java.
- Experience writing and executing complex SQL.
- Previously delivered major application features used in Production.
- Strong passion for technology and a willingness to learn and apply new skills.
- Proven design skills with significant knowledge of core libraries and common design patterns.
- Ability to follow standards that produce clean code that is easy to understand.
- Understanding of security testing practices and methodologies.
- Customer-first approach to software development.
- Able to work independently with minimal direction to meet commitments.
- Strong focus on system performance, scalability with the ability to troubleshoot in large and complex software systems.
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
- Inclination towards automation, unit tests, integration tests, and adopting agile practices.
- Hands-on experience with security vulnerability scanning tools (Snyk, Qualys)

 

In addition to our awesome culture, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our benefits include health insurance options such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and life and AD&D insurance. We also provide a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, commuter benefits as well as access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and well-being coaching services. In addition, employees can take advantage of voluntary benefits such as home, auto and pet insurance, and discounted legal and financial services. For more details, feel free to inquire during the interview process.
 
At Internet Brands, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the compensation for this role to start at $100K and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.
 
Internet Brands®, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif, is a fully integrated online media and software services company focused on four high-value vertical categories: Health, Automotive, Legal, and Home/Travel. The company's properties and platforms include the WebMD, Medscape, and Henry Schein ONE networks, which are the global leaders in their markets; Nolo, Avvo, and Martindale, which form the largest consumer information provider in the legal market; and CarsDirect, Fodor's Travel, and many others which are leaders in their key vertical markets. Internet Brands' award-winning consumer websites lead their categories and serve more than 250 million monthly visitors, while a full range of web presence offerings has established deep, long-term relationships with SMB and enterprise clients. The company's powerful, proprietary operating platform provides the flexibility and scalability to fuel the company's continued growth.  Internet Brands is a portfolio company of KKR and Warburg Pincus.
 
Internet Brands and its wholly owned affiliates are an equal opportunity employer.