Engineering Manager, Foundations – Core Backend

Legora; Town of Stockholm (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Legora, in New York, seeks an Engineering Manager, Foundations to lead the core backend services that power our platform. You will architect high-scale systems, drive technical excellence, and mentor a growing team of engineers responsible for reliable, secure software used by legal professionals worldwide.

You will own technical direction, set coding standards, and partner with product and security to raise the bar. If you thrive on ownership, scale, and building strong teams, this is your role.

Qualifications

• Experience leading backend teams and delivering scalable services.
• Strong collaboration with product, security, and design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a backend engineering team, hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers at all levels.
• Own team health, remove blockers, and drive high performance."
• Set the technical bar for code quality, security, and system design across the team.
• Design and implement high-scale core backend services and APIs powering the platform.

Job description

Legora, in New York, seeks an Engineering Manager, Foundations to lead the core backend services that power our platform. You will architect high-scale systems, drive technical excellence, and mentor a growing team of engineers responsible for reliable, secure software used by legal professionals worldwide.

You will own technical direction, set coding standards, and partner with product and security to raise the bar. If you thrive on ownership, scale, and building strong teams, this is your role.