Staff Software Engineer

KLDiscovery Limited; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

KLDiscovery is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide architectural judgment across product areas and mentor developers. This remote US-based role requires strong Angular and .NET (C#) skills and a record of managing risk across codebases.

You will influence design, collaborate with product leadership, and help move architecture decisions into implementation. Responsibilities include defining standards, improving pipelines, and owning automated testing practices while supporting multiple

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining web applications across multiple product areas.
• Ability to design secure, scalable software with clear interfaces.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and elevating team output.

Responsibilities

• Identify and mitigate technical risks across modules and platforms.
• Provide architectural guidance and cross-module design decisions.
• Translate architecture decisions into actionable work with teams and leadership.
• Draft and refine requirements with product and leadership.
• Uphold coding standards and drive automation in tests, builds, and deployments.
• Support production applications and address incidents within SLAs.

Skills

Angular

.NET/C#

API design

Mentoring

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Job description

KLDiscovery is a global eDiscovery and legal technology provider serving large law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies. We build and operate the products and services that legal teams rely on to manage, process, and review case data at scale. With operations across multiple countries and a client base that includes AmLaw 200 firms, we handle some of the largest and most complex matters in the industry.

About the Role

The Staff Software Engineer role at KLDiscovery is cross-cutting by design. Staff Software Engineers are not permanent members of any team. They move to other teams based on needs or project priorities. You will provide architectural judgment across product areas that don't have dedicated Architect coverage, identify risks before they compound, mentor developers, and enforce engineering standards. You are the technical voice that connects Engineering leadership, Architecture, and the development teams doing the work.

We offer competitive total compensation that includes base pay, bonus potential, inclusive benefits, wellness programs, and perks. We use market and industry data to inform pay decisions while considering geography and labor markets, individual experience, and business needs. Individual compensation will vary, although a reasonable estimate of the current annualized base pay range for this position is $140,000 to $160,000.

Job location:Remote (but candidate must be based in the United States)

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and raise risks across multiple modules, including security risks and downstream platform impacts, before they reach production
• Provide architectural guidance across multiple product areas and make cross-module design decisions
• Work closely with Team Leadership and Architects to translate architecture decisions into work the Engineering team can execute
• Write and refine requirements for features in collaboration with Product and Team Leadership
• Provide input on Engineering and coding standards and hold the team to them
• Mentor and guide less experienced engineers toward solutions, making it a learning experience rather than just handing out answers
• Identify technical debt across projects and use a data-driven approach to advocate for addressing it
• Support multiple product areas concurrently and context-switch between efforts as priorities shift

You Will Also

• Perform and set expectations for peer code reviews
• Drive automated testing practices including integration, end-to-end, and regression tests
• Own and improve automated build and release pipelines
• Support production applications including bug fixes and enhancements within defined SLAs (Service Level Agreements)

Shared Expectations:

• Produce high-quality software and automate repetitive work
• Share knowledge, keep learning, and take initiative to make things better
• Communicate directly and clearly; report issues or roadblocks that may affect the team's success
• Take ownership of your work and its outcome; set realistic expectations and deliver on them
• Be respectful, contribute to a positive team culture, and support feedback with data and examples
• Make data-driven decisions wherever possible

What You Bring (required skills):

• Track record as a senior or staff-level engineer building and maintaining web applications across multiple product areas or organizations
• Strong proficiency in Angular and .NET (C#); experience with API design and building services that other teams consume
• Demonstrated history of identifying and mitigating technical risk across multiple codebases or product areas
• Ability to operate independently, make sound architectural trade-off decisions, and communicate those decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Understanding of how to design and develop with security in mind, particularly in environments handling sensitive client data
• Experience mentoring engineers at various levels and elevating a team's overall output

Nice to Have (preferred skills):

• Experience with Microsoft Azure (hosting, services, infrastructure)
• Experience with PostgreSQL and/or SQL Server
• Familiarity with GitHub and Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Experience working in or around eDiscovery, legal technology, or similarly regulated/compliance-sensitive domains
• Familiarity with eDiscovery workflows: processing, production, review, and the operational coordination around them
• Experience building orchestration or workflow engine platforms
• Experience with real-time alerting or telemetry systems
• Exposure to AI/ML integration within internal operational tools and applications