Remote Senior Software Engineer (Tech for

Kingston Bagpuize; Kingston Bagpuize; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

Income protection 75% after 26 weeks

Workday salary sacrifice

Health assessments

Job summary

DISCO is hiring a Remote Senior Software Engineer to join our UK hub and work on AI-enabled, cloud-native software that processes vast document sets and supports critical legal workflows.

You will own end-to-end technical work, mentor peers, and collaborate with teams across the UK, India, and the US to ship resilient microservices. The role emphasizes production responsibility and AI-first development in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS and cloud services.
• Strong knowledge of microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Proficient in Java/Kotlin ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Own complex technical work end to end: breaking down ambiguous problems, making deliberate trade-offs, and shipping well-considered code that improves customer outcomes.
• Mentor, review code, pair programming to help others grow.
• Collaborate closely with teams in the UK, India, and the US.
• Embrace AI-first development, using AI tooling across the lifecycle to move faster and build better software.
• Take responsibility for all code and services deployed in production.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Distributed data management

Event-driven design

Cloud-native design

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Kafka

Temporal

Datadog

Terraform

gRPC

GraphQL

Kotlin

Job description

Remote Senior Software Engineer (Tech for 2026-10-03T00:00:00)

Location: Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire, GB, OX13 5

Closing Date: 2027-01-01T19:01:59.573

Company Overview

DISCO is shaping the future of litigation with a unique combination of cutting-edge technology and expert professional services, designed to handle the most complex legal matters. Our award-winning, cloud-native platform empowers legal teams to instantly process, collect, and search through millions of documents for relevant case data. The documents are heterogeneous, comprising email archives, chat exports, audio, video, and native office files.

Our customers, often handling sensitive and privileged material, rely on us to deliver a platform with robust security controls, strict data privacy, and data residency guarantees that reflect their jurisdictions. Over 170 engineers make up our global engineering organization, located in three technical hubs - India, UK, and the US. Our engineers work collaboratively to solve complex technical challenges and enhance our platform, all with the aim of improving our customers’ experience. We are now expanding our UK hub, and this is an exciting moment to join us as we grow our UK presence.

Role Responsibilities

• Own complex technical work end to end: breaking down ambiguous problems, making deliberate trade-off decisions, and shipping well-considered code that improves customer outcomes.
• Invest time in mentoring, code reviews, pairing, and helping less experienced engineers grow.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues in the UK, India, and the US.
• Embrace AI-first development, utilizing AI tooling throughout the engineering lifecycle to move faster and build better software.
• Take responsibility for all code and services deployed in production.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Proficiency with AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kafka, Temporal, Datadog, Terraform, gRPC, GraphQL, Kotlin.
• Experience designing and architecting microservices systems, including distributed data management and event-driven architectures.
• Skilled in designing and operating containerized software hosted in cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with cloud-based data storage such as relational databases, NoSQL stores, and data caches.
• Experience programming in strongly-typed languages in the Java family (Java, Scala, Kotlin).
• Experience with petabyte-scale, high-availability software systems, especially for regulated industries.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: £90,000 to £114,000 + performance-related bonus + equity.
• Remote work options available for those living far from central London.
• Comprehensive health coverage including private medical insurance via AXA Health and dental insurance via Bupa.
• Financial security with group life assurance (4x salary) and income protection (75% salary after 26 weeks of illness/injury).
• Retirement savings scheme with optional salary sacrifice via Workday.
• Annual allowances for health assessments, vaccinations, and eye tests.
• Well-being support including 24/7 digital GP access, Employee Assistance Program, and legal/bereavement counseling helplines.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Company Background

DISCO provides a cloud-native, AI-powered legal solution that simplifies eDiscovery, legal document review, and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers, and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process, and review enterprise data relevant to legal matters.

At DISCO, AI is a core enabler of work automation. All employees are expected to proactively adopt and responsibly use AI tools to improve efficiency and outcomes, and to evolve how they operate in their roles.

Are you ready to help us fulfill our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law?