About Us:
Magna Legal Services provides end-to-end legal support services to law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies throughout the nation. As an end-to-end service provider, we can provide strategic advantages to our clients by offering legal support services at every stage of their legal proceedings.
Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Lead
Position Summary:
Magna Legal Services is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineering Lead to guide and grow a software engineering team. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in modern web development with proven leadership experience, driving both hands-on engineering and team development. This is a fully remote role, offering the opportunity to shape the technical direction of the internal and client-facing platforms that support our mission of empowering legal professionals with smarter tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture.
- Provide technical direction and oversight for the design, development, and maintenance of scalable web applications and services supporting Magna's internal operations and client-facing platforms.
- Collaborate with product managers, data engineers, AI engineers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into well-architected technical solutions.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to accelerate team productivity and improve code quality.
- Architect and build APIs and services using Node.js or .NET Core.
- Oversee front-end development using React and modern UI frameworks, ensuring consistent and high-quality user experiences.
- Conduct code reviews, lead architectural discussions, and champion continuous improvement of engineering practices and standards.
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and DevOps processes to ensure reliable and efficient software delivery.
- Support deployed solutions by coordinating issue resolution, implementing fixes, and driving performance optimization.
- Stay current on emerging software development practices, tools, and frameworks, with a focus on AI-augmented engineering workflows.
- Participate in project planning, estimation, and prioritization to align engineering efforts with organizational goals.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in professional software engineering with a strong track record of delivering production-grade applications and services.
- 2+ years of experience in an engineering lead role, including supervision or management of a team, project, or product.