Engineering Manager — Hands-On Leader for Scalable AI Platform

Legora; New York (NY); On-site; USD 224,000 - 304,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Family support program

Parental leave

Maven Clinic access

Dependent Care FSA

One Medical membership

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Life Insurance

401(K) with company match

Unlimited PTO

Identity protection

Job summary

Legora is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York City to lead a talented engineering team. You will be hands-on in code while guiding architecture, designing scalable features, and driving technical excellence for a product used by leading law firms worldwide.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and Design, and ensure high standards for security and performance. This in-person role requires strong leadership, empathy, and a passion for building great teams in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of leadership experience in engineering
• Hands-on coding with ability to guide a team
• Strong architecture and systems ownership across teams
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end features across the fullstack platform
• Stay hands-on while growing and leading the team
• Lead architecture and critical technical decisions
• Partner with Product and Design to ship value quickly
• Review code and mentor engineers at all levels
• Champion best practices in development, DevOps, and security

Skills

Leadership experience

Hands-on coding

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Node.js

React

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Legora is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York City to lead a talented engineering team. You will be hands-on in code while guiding architecture, designing scalable features, and driving technical excellence for a product used by leading law firms worldwide.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and Design, and ensure high standards for security and performance. This in-person role requires strong leadership, empathy, and a passion for building great teams in a fast-paced