Senior Software Engineer

1 Month ago • 4 Years + • Software Development & Engineering • $125,200 PA - $166,900 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

LegalZoom is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Engineering team, which builds user interfaces, features, applications, and tools for customers. The role is for a creative individual who wants to shape the future direction of LegalZoom's offerings and has strong engineering skills, opinions on product and design flows, is comfortable with ambiguity, and enjoys collaboration. The engineer will build software solutions focusing on reliability, scalability, security, maintainability, and performance, develop architecture and tech stacks, work cross-functionally with teams like Product and Data Science, debug production issues, and improve engineering standards and processes. The company fosters a remote-friendly environment.

Must have:

4+ years of software engineering experience
Bachelor's/Master's in CS or equivalent experience
Passion for building high-impact user experiences
Strong coding skills in Javascript/Typescript
Experience mentoring engineers

Good to have:

React/Redux, Docker, Github Actions, GraphQL, SQL DB, No-SQL DB
Collaborative work in cross-functional teams

Perks:

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
401k with matching contributions
Paid Time Off
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance
Fertility benefits
Mental Health benefits
One Medical membership
Fringe lifestyle benefits up to $250

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Job Details

Description

About LegalZoom

LegalZoom is on a mission to help people navigate the legal system with confidence and clarity. As a leader in online legal services for over 20 years, we combine technology, attorney-led solutions, and expertise to protect the aspirations, lives, and legacies of millions of customers. If you’re ready to contribute to a collaborative, diverse, and distributed group of creative thinkers and problem-solvers, we can’t wait to meet you.

Where we work
We believe work should work for you. LegalZoom supports a remote-friendly environment that gives employees flexibility and balance. Our Austin, Beaverton, Frisco, Los Angeles Metro, and San Francisco Bay Area offices allow our employees to collaborate with teammates and offer special onsite events, lunches, and more.

While this position is remote, we encourage and at times, require in-person collaboration at our offices.

Overview

The Engineering team at LegalZoom builds user interfaces, features, applications, and tools for our customers. We’re in an exciting period of growth and seeking talented developers who share our vision for helping fuel the success of small businesses. This is a role for a creative individual who wants to help shape the future direction of our LegalZoom offerings and who has strong engineering chops, opinions on what "good" product and design flows look like, is comfortable with ambiguity, and enjoys collaborating within a team environment.

You’ll help by progressing the LegalZoom experience and you’ll also inspire and elevate the team by producing work that is always raising the bar and taking a customer-obsessed approach to solving problems.

You will

Build software solutions which meet and exceed operating targets of reliability, scalability, security, maintainability and performance
Develop and define the architecture and tech stack for Product Experiences
Work cross-functionally with many teams: Engineering, Product, Technical Operations, Data Science, etc...
Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

You have

Have 4+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role
Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
Passion for building high-impact, well-performing user experiences across different form-factors/devices
Strong coding skills in Javascript/Typescript.
Work experience preferred in one or more of the following technologies: React/Redux, Docker, Github Actions, GraphQL, SQL DB, No-SQL DB...
Experience or desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product and data science partners
Experience mentoring engineers

LegalZoom is a remote-first company and the national range for this role is ($125,200 - $166,900). Actual compensation offered will depend on several factors including but not limited to: geographic location, work experience, education, skill level, and/or other business and organizational needs. In addition, an annual bonus, incentive bonus and/or restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package. You will also receive a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits as seen below.

● Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

● 401k, With Matching Contributions

● Paid Time Off

● Health Savings Account (HSA)

● Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

● Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance

● Plus other wellness benefits to include:

○ Fertility

○ Mental Health

○ One Medical

○ Fringe lifestyle benefits up to $250

Join us in making a difference as we build our future and help ensure access to professional legal advice to all! LegalZoom is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. LegalZoom prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Additionally, LegalZoom is enrolled in the E-Verify program. For additional information on E-Verify, please visit Participation and Right to Work pages.