ABOUT THE JOB

Contracts are the most important document in global commerce. They are also universally a pain. They slow down commerce. People cannot afford to send them to attorneys, because they are too expensive and too slow for the average transaction. Attorneys cannot afford to review them faster or cheaper because they have not had the technology that allows them to deliver contract reviews at scale. Moreover, once contracts are signed, the world cannot keep track of them. It buys databases and then struggles to keep them organized. Everyone builds a library, but the books are in a mess on the floor.

LegalSifter is growing quickly, and we need someone to lead our Software Engineering team, working collaboratively with our Chief Content Officer and the Content Development Team as well as with our Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer and the Data Science team. We are looking for someone to help us consistently deliver the kind of world-beating product outcomes that we all signed up for when we joined this venture. Success in this role will require both technical and leadership excellence.

ABOUT LEGALSIFTER

We build combined intelligence products (AI and human expertise) that keep organizations moving and contracts in their place. Contracts are the most important documents in global commerce. They are also consistently a pain.

LegalSifter offers combined intelligence products that make contracts easier. In addition to multiple API products and another SaaS product that we use internally, we have three primary products:

• LegalSifter Review: Artificial intelligence software that reads a contract and gives advice before a client signs, reducing risk, lowering cost, and saving time.
• LegalSifter Review Concierge: Tech-enabled contract review service that reviews draft contracts for clients.
• LegalSifter Organize Concierge: A contract librarian service that organizes contracts for clients using artificial intelligence software, paralegals, and attorneys.

OUR MISSION

To bring affordable legal services to the world by empowering people with artificial intelligence and human expertise

OUR CORE VALUES

• Speed: We work fast.

• Security: We are vigilant and committed to maintaining the privacy of client data.

• Humility: We use our energy to serve others; we are lifelong learners.

• Intelligence: We operate with aligned visions, strategies, plans, and budgets.

• Boldness: We are transparent, courageous, and unafraid to make mistakes.

• Balance: We work flexibly to keep promises to teammates, shareholders, clients, friends, and family.

LegalSifter is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.'

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• Innovative -- innovative and risk-taking
• Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative

Work Remotely

• Temporarily due to COVID-19

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

COVID-19 considerations:
We are currently working primarily from home due to COVID-19. Our office is open in downtown Pittsburgh, but attendance is currently optional. In 2022, we intend to return to our pre-COVID flexible office work schedule of 2 or 3 days in the office.

SKILLS

• Lead strategy and execution for application development and support, security, architecture, and DevOps.
• Implement best practice engineering methods, with security as a core value.
• Lead Agile development processes.
• Demonstrable experience modeling our core values in career to date.
• Enjoys moving the ambiguous to clear.
• Creative.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• Empathetic, strong listener.
• Represent the needs of software engineering to the rest of the organization.
• Lead and mentor software engineers to continuously improve performance.
• Report on development status, quality, and system performance to management and act quickly to resolve client-impacting issues.
• Software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages including, but not limited to: Java, C/C++, C#, Objective C, Python, or JavaScript.
• Experience developing and documenting APIs. Experience with RESTful design concepts, AWS API Gateway, Swagger UI preferred.
• Preferred experience with deploying a global SaaS application using cloud technologies at scale. AWS and Docker experience preferred.
• Clear desire to work for a fast-growing startup and go on the rollercoaster ride of their working life.