Senior Software Architect — On-Prem AI for Legal Discovery

Discernis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity

Unlimited PTO

US holidays

Job summary

Discernis is building AI for legal discovery at scale, joining a small NYC-based team shaping the next generation of enterprise data products. You will own architecture and shipping for critical systems, collaborate with the Head of Engineering, and drive initiatives from design to on-call support.

You’ll work closely with customers, guide build-vs-buy decisions, and mentor a growing engineering team. A hands-on leader with strong architectural judgment will thrive in our fast, ocean-of-data

Qualifications

• 4+ years shipping production systems.
• Owned a system end-to-end from design through on-call.
• Able to operate with little direction and make good calls.
• Strong opinions on architecture and willingness to be debated.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and roadmap for your area and ship it.
• Review code and set engineering standards with Head of Engineering.
• Plan sprints, scope projects, and make build-vs-buy decisions.
• Work directly with customers to understand failures and root causes.

Skills

Production systems

End-to-end ownership

Architecture

Code review

Customer interaction

Tools

Python

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Kubernetes

Vue

Job description

Discernis is building AI for legal discovery at scale, joining a small NYC-based team shaping the next generation of enterprise data products. You will own architecture and shipping for critical systems, collaborate with the Head of Engineering, and drive initiatives from design to on-call support.

You’ll work closely with customers, guide build-vs-buy decisions, and mentor a growing engineering team. A hands-on leader with strong architectural judgment will thrive in our fast, ocean-of-data