This is a 12-month contract position for a Senior Software Engineer based in Manhattan, New York, focused on AI-powered litigation workflow applications. You will design, develop, and maintain reliable software systems, integrate applications with search platforms and databases, and contribute to the architecture of scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems serving the legal technology domain.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and maintain reliable software applications and services
Integrate applications with search platforms and databases
Contribute to the design of scalable, fault-tolerant, and maintainable distributed systems
Write clean, well-tested, and production-ready code
Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture decisions
Investigate production issues and improve system monitoring, reliability, and performance
Collaborate with engineers to reuse common platforms, services, and engineering standards
Qualifications
Required
At least 3 years of professional software development experience using Java and Spring
At least 3 years of experience working with relational databases, including PostgreSQL or Oracle
Experience writing SQL and designing or working with relational data models
Experience building and supporting production software applications or services
Understanding of software design principles, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
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Experience developing APIs or integrating with service-based architectures
Familiarity with automated testing, debugging, and production support
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Preferred
Experience using AI-assisted development tools throughout the software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, code review, debugging, and documentation
Experience with Java and Spring Boot
Experience developing Python-based data processing, machine learning, or AI applications
Experience working with search engines, document retrieval systems, or content-processing pipelines
Experience designing scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems
Experience building systems that process large volumes of structured or unstructured documents
A strong commitment to automated testing, code quality, and operational excellence
Prior experience in the legal industry is not required. We value engineers who are curious, collaborative, and interested in learning how technology and AI can help legal professionals solve complex problems.
