Senior Manager, Software Development

Aderant; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aderant in the United States seeks an Engineering Manager with hands-on TypeScript expertise to lead a cross-functional team building and modernizing a critical platform. You will guide architecture, API and mobile/backend delivery, and cloud-native operations in AWS, aiming for secure, observable services and scalable systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in engineering leadership, strong API and TypeScript skills, and a track record of migrating legacy systems to modern service

Qualifications

• 5+ years in engineering leadership with direct people management
• Strong hands-on TypeScript experience (client and backend/API)
• Proven track record in architectural modernization or migrations to modern service platforms
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems in AWS
• Sharp architectural judgment on scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Experience delivering cross-team initiatives with product, QA, and platform stakeholders
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical partners

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team delivering core platform capabilities across APIs, mobile apps, and desktop clients
• Drive modernization initiatives toward a TypeScript-oriented service architecture
• Partner with Product, QA, and platform teams to define sequencing and reduce delivery risk
• Establish technical standards for service design, observability, and secure-by-default implementations
• Support multi-region production operations and incident response practices
• Coach engineers and develop a high-trust, accountable team culture

Skills

TypeScript

API engineering

Team leadership

AWS

Architectural modernization

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Node.js

NestJS

React

Nx

Job description

Aderant is a global industry leading software company providing comprehensive business management solutions for law firms and other professional services organizations with a mission to help them run a better business. We are motivated by a collective desire to drive the legal industry to the forefront of innovation. With over 2,500 clients around the world, including 95 of the top AmLaw 100 firms, we are changing the outside perception of the legal sphere; where there was once resistance to modernization, we are creating a culture that embraces new ideas and technology.

At Aderant, the “A” is more than just a letter. It is a representation of how we fulfill our foundational purpose, serving our clients. It embodies our core values and reminds us that to achieve success, every day must start with the “A”. We bring the “A” to life by fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. We encourage our diverse teams to bring their whole selves to work – ideas, experience, and passion – to drive our mission forward.

Our people are our strength.

Senior Software Development Manager

Role Overview

We are hiring an Engineering Manager with deep technical expertise to lead a team building and modernizing a business-critical platform. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who is strong in TypeScript, understands mobile and API client impacts, thinks architecturally, and can lead delivery in cloud-native environments (especially AWS, with optional experience in hybrid or multi-cloud setups).

What You Will Own

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team delivering core platform capabilities across APIs, mobile apps, desktop clients, and other integrated surfaces.
• Drive modernization initiatives, focusing on migrating towards a TypeScript-oriented service architecture (e.g., Node-based frameworks and monorepo tooling where applicable).
• Partner with Product, QA, and platform teams to define sequencing, reduce delivery risk, and maintain release predictability.
• Establish strong technical standards for service design, code quality, observability, and secure-by-default implementation.
• Support multi-region production operations and incident response practices with clear operational ownership.
• Coach engineers, strengthening team capability while maintaining technical depth in leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical leadership: Set direction for TypeScript services, API contracts, and long-term platform architecture.
• Execution leadership: Convert ambiguous initiatives into scoped, phased plans with measurable milestones and managed dependencies.
• Cloud and systems design: Guide implementation choices across AWS (e.g., messaging, queue-based workflows, managed data stores) and related hybrid integrations where relevant.
• Mobile-aware platform delivery: Ensure backend and API decisions account for mobile authentication flows, token lifecycle behavior, and coordinated releases across clients.
• Security and compliance partnership: Lead readiness for security assessments, remediation planning, and enterprise mobility or policy requirements.
• Operational excellence: Build observability and reliability practices (dashboards, alerting, health checks, post-incident learning loops).
• People management: Hire, mentor, and develop engineers while building a high-trust, high-accountability team culture.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in engineering leadership roles with direct people management responsibility.
• Strong hands-on background in TypeScript, client side and backend/API engineering.
• Proven experience leading architectural modernization or migration from legacy systems to modern service platforms.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems in AWS.
• Strong architectural judgment across scalability, reliability, maintainability, and delivery trade-offs.
• Experience managing cross-team delivery with product, QA, and platform stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Node.js ecosystems, API frameworks (e.g., NestJS), React, monorepo tooling (e.g., Nx), and related build and quality tooling.
• Experience in hybrid or multi-cloud environments (e.g., API gateways, edge routing, cross-cloud networking).
• Experience with enterprise SSO/authentication patterns and regional deployment concerns.
• Track record improving incident response, observability maturity, and release governance.