Senior Developer

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; California (MO); Remote; USD 130,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Developer to join their innovative team. This role involves contributing to a proprietary software platform that is transforming legal services for startups. The ideal candidate will collaborate with a fully remote team, enhancing the platform's capabilities and maintaining its infrastructure. With a focus on high-quality standards and a supportive learning environment, this position offers exciting opportunities for professional growth and mentorship in a cutting-edge technological landscape. If you are passionate about software development and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software design, implementation, and testing experience required.
• Bachelor's degree required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Neuron platform's frontend and backend development.
• Maintain existing features and infrastructure of the software.

Skills

Software Design

Test-Driven Development

Communication Skills

Microservices

Event Sourcing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Ruby

Rails

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Terraform

Azure

Eventide

Message DB

Job description

Wilson Sonsini is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. We represent companies at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations, as well as the venture firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance and advise them. The firm has approximately 1,100 attorneys in 18 offices: 13 in the U.S., three in China, and two in Europe. Our broad spectrum of practices and entrepreneurial spirit allow our staff exceptional opportunities for professional achievement and career growth.

Wilson Sonsini is actively seeking a Senior Developer to join the team to assist with the firm's launched proprietary software platform Neuron. This software digitally transforms the firm's legal practice and spearheads a new breed of technology-enabled legal services for startups.

Senior Developers are the primary contributors to Neuron on both the frontend and the backend. The ideal candidate will work closely with a fully remote team of designers, other developers, and stakeholders to add additional capabilities to the Neuron platform, as well as maintain existing features and infrastructure. Mentoring on software design and process will be offered by our principal developers.

This position is available as a fully virtual work schedule.

About the Team

• Serious, studious, and precise
• Supportive learning environment and culture with excellent mentorship and collective work opportunities
• Significant experience in all aspects of software development, including distributed system design
• Heavily influenced by post-agile Lean and Toyota methodologies, including pull systems, Just-in-Time, and Theory of Constraints
• Very high quality standards

Requirements

• 5+ years designing, implementing, and testing software
• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience with test-driven development
• Familiarity with service-oriented architecture and distributed system fundamentals
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Beneficial to have experience with Microservices, Pub/Sub, Event Sourcing, as well as Eventide and Message DB

Technologies Used

• Ruby
• Rails
• Eventide
• Message DB
• PostgreSQL
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Azure

The primary location for this job posting is in Virtual (California). The actual base pay offered will depend upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, level of education, professional certifications and licenses, and work location. The anticipated pay range for this position is as follows: $130,900 - $177,100 per year.

The compensation for this position may include a discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits information can be found here. Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

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