Manager, Software Engineering

Job Description
Our Story: Litera, headquartered in Chicago, IL, is a fast-growing, award-winning software company and one of the leading legal technology suppliers in the world. Serving over 90% of the world's largest law firms, our software is used by hundreds of thousands of lawyers every day. As a company recently selected for Crain's Best Places to Work in Chicago, we believe professional development, rewards programs, open communication, and transparent leadership all contribute to a unique and open work environment. Our employees are driven, energetic, passionate, and make a direct impact on the future of the company.
The Opportunity: Come join and help lead a relentless team of software engineers dedicated to helping the legal and corporate world take charge of their document content. We are looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager who will ensure that the team meets all team and application performance metrics, follows best practices, and delivers on schedule all in the name of customer delight.
A Day in the Life:

• Oversee and coordinate resources and processes required to deliver new or maintain existing software products
• Work with department leaders to define, publish, maintain, and monitor Development metrics
• Establish and evolve software development standards and processes along with best practices for delivery of scalable, high-quality software
• Command a broad awareness of related projects
• Oversee the recruitment and talent identification process for their team
• Grow the skill set on the team along with setting overall expectations
• Keep up to date with modern technologies relevant to your team
• Take a hands-on role in software development as needed
• Contribute to the success of a self-organizing team

Role progression:
Within 1 month, you will :

• Complete our Engineering onboarding plan
• Meet your team and set up recurring 1-on-1s
• Learn the nuts and bolts of our business, as well as where we are headed
• Familiarize yourself with our Software Development Life Cycle and our specific flavor of Scrum
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies

Within 3 months, you will:

• Gain insight into the Department goals, and how they relate to the overall Company vision
• Develop Personal Objectives in conjunction with your manager which align to the Department's objectives
• Start contributing to the technical decisions surrounding software components, many of which are shared across multiple products, with scalability and resiliency in mind

Within 6 months, you will:

• Contribute, as a fully integrated manager of the Engineering department
• Review product requirements to validate technical feasibility, allocate resources, and help provide timelines
• Work across functional boundaries to coordinate and communicate the implementation of software projects
• Fully participate in Performance Reviews, and start anticipating career development needs for each of your team members
• Coach and mentor your team, while managing resource allocations

About You:

• 5+ years of software development experience, and 3+ years of management experience
• 2+ years of experience using machine learning algorithms, AI, and software development best practices
• 4+ years of experience with:
  
  • Front-End (e.g. Clojure, highly preferred)
  • Back-end web services (e.g. Golang highly preferred)
  • Testing frameworks (e.g. RSpec, Jest, etc.)
  • As a plus, several years' experience building commercial-based software
  • Indepth Knowledge of machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence best practices.
• Experience leading software development teams that deliver quality commercial software at scale in an Agile Scrum environment
• Comfortable giving feedback to team members and handling personal situations
• Confident leading, making decisions, solving problems, and organizing work for a team
• Ability to listen, resolve conflict, and negotiate with a high level of influence and professionalism
• Proficient at business analytics and metrics gathering
• Excellent at multi-tasking and able to handle competing priorities

Why Litera?
We strive to stay current with all employment trends and prioritize flexibility, employee well-being, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Most of our employees are fully remote, and we do not have a return-to-office plan as we are more successful working remotely. Our generous PTO and ten flexible holidays promote work-life balance. And all our employees are encouraged to access personal development courses and tools in our internal learning management system.
Litera is an equal opportunity employer, and proud to be committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or age.
Litera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.