Software Engineer, Platform Engineering I-III

Menlo Ventures; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in legal technology seeks a Software Engineer for their Platform Engineering team based in Oakland, California. You'll contribute to improving cloud infrastructure and software development practices while enjoying a collaborative culture that promotes growth and innovation. The role requires experience in automation, Python programming, and a deep understanding of cloud services.

Benefits

401(k) retirement plan with company matching

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts for health expenses

Paid parental leave

Annual learning and development stipend

Employee wellness programs

Flexible work-from-home days

Monthly internet reimbursement

Qualifications

• At least 3 years as a Software Engineer or similar role.
• Proficient in Python programming.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain observability tools for platform operation.
• Optimize cloud resources for performance and cost.
• Support incident management and developer projects.

Skills

Automation

Scripting

Collaboration

Performance Tuning

Monitoring Systems

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent coursework

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Job description

Software Engineer, Platform Engineering I-III

Oakland, California, United States

Join a growing, venture-funded startup! We manage petabytes of data and dozens of AWS environments across multiple countries. Our clients use Everlaw to operate on mission-critical and highly confidential data and trust us to maintain a secure, performant, and resilient platform. We take this trust very seriously and are looking to hire engineers with expertise in these areas to take our software development practices to the next level.

Our team has laid out the groundwork on many initiatives to improve engineering operations but there is more we can do. Our company is growing quickly and we are looking to not just keep pace as an operations team but to excel. You’ll help us keep these priorities in focus and help us get even better as we expand our offerings and host orders-of-magnitude more data.

Engineering is the backbone of the Everlaw Platform. We build features and functionality into the product and ensure its smooth functioning. We also provide data and insights to the rest of Everlaw. At our core, we like to build and enjoy the creative process of building software that is smart, that works well, that scales well, and that is reliable and secure. We do this by supporting and empowering our team members to do their best work, by tackling challenging and complex engineering problems and by nurturing and supporting each team member through mentoring, coaching, and comprehensive feedback.

At Everlaw, our mission is to promote justice by illuminating truth. Our company culture is open and democratic and we’re committed to the professional growth of our team members, offering an annual learning and development stipend and regular check-ins with managers regarding career goals. If you’re looking for a place that values passion, integrity, thinking big, and a desire to learn, we’d love to hear from you! Think you’re missing some of the skills and are hesitant to apply? We do not believe in the ‘perfect’ candidate and encourage you to apply if you feel you can bring value to our team.

This is a full-time exempt on-site position located in Oakland, California.

• We want you to feel like part of the team early on! Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals.
• We’re excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away! We trust that you’ll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1.
• Build and maintain observability tools that provide insight and ensure smooth operation of our platform.
• Optimize cloud resources to meet the performance needs of each service and decrease AWS spend.
• Create documentation that is easier to find and easy to understand.
• Improve our reliability, security, and quality of our cloud infrastructure with automation of processes including: configuration management, application/infrastructure deployment, and compliance/governance.
• Proactively support production operations by building logging/monitoring/alerting functionality across our environment.
• Be on-call and respond to critical site reliability issues.
• Improve our on-call and incident management processes by encouraging deeper understanding, communication, and trust.
• Support developer projects by influencing design and implementation of infrastructure and site reliability features as well as providing technical guidance.
• Support compliance efforts by promoting continuous documentation of our processes and involvement in audits.Build scalable workflows to automate build, deployment, and management of the Everlaw platform.

ABOUT YOU

• You have at least 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer platform or infrastructure engineer or in a similar role or at least 2 years of experience and a BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent coursework.
• Due to federal contract requirements, Everlaw may only hire US citizens for this role.
• For three of the five years immediately prior to applying for a position, you must: 1) have resided in the United States; 2) have worked for the United States overseas in a Federal or military capacity; or 3) be a dependent of a Federal or military employee serving overseas.
• You have a passion for automation and tooling paired with effective scripting experience and experience building reusable tools.
• You are proficient with Python programming.
• You have good knowledge of algorithms and fundamental computer science concepts.
• You have experience with Infrastructure as Code and container solutions to manage cloud environments (ex: Terraform, Ansible, Docker, etc).
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills that can motivate and move the team towards a common direction.
• You have experience with performance tuning and monitoring systems (ex: ELK, Prometheus, Datadog, etc).

PLUSES

• You have specific expertise in Amazon Web Services.
• You have built logging and monitoring infrastructures.
• You have experience administering Linux-based systems.
• You have experience maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• The expected salary range for this role is between $105,000 and $181,000. The final offered salary will be dependent upon many factors, including the candidate’s experience, skills, and interview performance. The base pay range is subject to change in the future.
• Equity program
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
• Paid parental leave and approximately 10 days (80 hours) per year of sick leave
• Membership toModern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
• Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Work in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt
• Flexible work-from-home days on Tuesdays and Fridays
• Monthly home internet reimbursement
• Select your preference of hardware (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup
• Enjoy a wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office
• Bond over company-wide out-of-the-box events and fun activities with your team
• Time off for company-sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice
• Take advantage of learning and career development opportunities
• Ranked #9 on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2023 for US small and medium companies

At Everlaw, we are deeply invested in pursuing the truth, for our clients and for our employees. We know that when you’re empowered to pursue your passions, it is reflected in the work.That’s why we’re committed to the professional growth of all our team members, offering an annual learning and development stipend and regular career check-ins with managers. If you’re looking for a place that values passion, integrity, and a desire to learn, we’d love to hear from you!

We help law firms, government agencies, and corporations sift through millions of documents of evidence in big lawsuits and investigations to find the proverbial smoking gun (or needle in the haystack -- pick your metaphor). It's a multi-billion dollar space typically dominated by service-oriented vendors, and we're coming at it with cutting-edge technology and elegant design. It's working, and we've been growing very rapidly: we host hundreds of terabytes of data and work with all 50 state Attorneys General and hundreds of law firms on some of the most high-profile cases litigated today.

Everlaw is an equal opportunity employer. We pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We respect the gender, gender identity and gender expression of our applicants and employees, and we honor requests for pronouns. It is our policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, including theCalifornia Equal Pay Act . Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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