Staff Software Engineer - Next Gen

NetDocuments; Lehi (UT); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

90% healthcare premiums covered

401K match at 4% with immediate vest

Flexible PTO

Professional learning stipend

Job summary

NetDocuments is transforming legal technology with a hands-on leadership role. You will architect and build production-grade full stack applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, C#/.NET, and AWS, while designing event-driven architectures and scalable APIs.

You will mentor engineers, drive engineering standards, and ensure security and reliability at scale. You will collaborate with Product and Design to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions and advance document

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering delivering production-grade applications at scale.
• 3+ years of technical leadership influencing engineering direction and practices.
• Deep experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and backend work with C#/.NET or Java.

Responsibilities

• Lead as a hands-on technical leader and define engineering standards across the team.
• Architect and build full stack applications using React, TS, Node.js, C#/.NET, and AWS.
• Design event-driven architectures and scalable REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Implement logging, metrics, tracing, and telemetry for production systems.
• Mentor engineers and drive knowledge sharing across teams.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems

Tools

Kafka

AWS

DynamoDB

Job description

NetDocuments is committed to providing an excellent candidate experience and will never ask you to engage in recruitment activity without phone, video, and in person meetings and communications from emails using the @netdocuments.com domain. If you have any concerns or questions about communications you have received, please send them to [e-mail] so our team members can review.

About NetDocuments

At NetDocuments, we're shaping the future of legal work. We believe legal professionals should spend less time searching for information and managing documents, and more time solving complex problems, serving clients, and delivering meaningful outcomes. That's why we're building technology that helps organizations work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge. Our team is redefining what's possible for legal technology. NetDocuments is the trusted intelligent document management platform for legal professionals and the company behind the industry's first and only legal context graph—a breakthrough that gives legal professionals and AI a richer understanding of how matters, documents, people, and knowledge connect across an organization while respecting enterprise-grade security, governance, permissions, and ethical walls. Innovation is only part of our story. We believe our greatest strength is our people. We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture where curiosity is encouraged, diverse perspectives are valued, and employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact. Whether you're building products, serving customers, or supporting the business, your work helps shape the future of one of the world's most trusted legal technology platforms. That commitment to our employees and customers has earned us recognition as one of the nation's top workplaces, including:

• Four consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
• Five-time Top Workplace USA winner
• Five-time Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplace
• Multiple Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognizing innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, and compensation & benefits

If you're excited to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside talented colleagues, and help define the next generation of legal technology, we'd love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership & Team Impact

• Serve as a hands-on technical leader for Solstice, helping define technical direction and engineering standards across the team.

Design & Build

• Architect and build production-grade full stack applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, C#/.NET, and AWS.
• Design and implement event-driven architectures using AWS services, Kafka, and modern data pipelines.
• Build responsive frontend experiences that make complex document management workflows intuitive and efficient.
• Design scalable REST and GraphQL APIs that power product experiences and third-party integrations.
• Build content enrichment and search capabilities that surface insights across large volumes of documents.
• Integrate AI-powered services and emerging technologies that enhance document intelligence and user productivity.

System Performance & Operational Excellence

• Design resilient systems that maintain reliability and performance as the platform scales globally.
• Instrument applications with logging, metrics, distributed tracing, and telemetry to proactively identify and diagnose issues.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to scalability and reliability.
• Ensure security, performance, and compliance requirements are incorporated throughout system design and implementation.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt across the platform.

Problem Solving & Ownership

• Own complex technical initiatives from initial design through production deployment and ongoing evolution.
• Solve challenges across areas such as real-time search, event-driven document processing, frontend performance, and distributed systems.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs across performance, usability, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Create clear technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, system designs, and key technical decisions.

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Partner closely with Product and Design to translate customer and business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers across experience levels and help elevate technical capabilities and engineering practices across the team.
• Collaborate with Platform Services and other engineering teams on shared infrastructure and integration points.
• Build alignment around technical approaches and provide clear direction when decisions need to be made.
• Lead knowledge sharing through code reviews, design discussions, documentation, and hands-on technical guidance.

Continuous Learning & Innovation

• Stay current with modern full stack development, cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and AI-powered technologies.
• Research and validate emerging technologies through proof-of-concepts aligned with product and engineering strategy.
• Identify opportunities to improve both customer experience and engineering velocity.
• Leverage modern development and AI tooling to increase engineering effectiveness and impact.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications at scale.
• 3+ years of experience providing technical leadership and influencing engineering direction and practices.
• Deep experience with React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript.
• Strong backend development experience with C#/.NET or Java and TypeScript/Node.js.
• Experience designing and operating event-driven, service-oriented, and microservices architectures.
• Experience building distributed, cloud-native systems using AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, and S3.
• Experience working with NoSQL technologies such as DynamoDB or DocumentDB and relational SQL databases.
• Strong experience designing REST and GraphQL APIs, including API security and versioning strategies.
• Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming and messaging technologies.
• Experience implementing logging, metrics, distributed tracing, and telemetry for production systems.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD practices, and supporting production applications.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience building document management, content services, or search-driven applications.
• Deep expertise with event-driven architectures and Kafka.
• Experience building high-performance React applications at scale.
• Experience integrating AI-powered services into production applications.
• Experience building B2B SaaS products in the legal industry or other regulated environments.
• Mobile development or cross-platform application experience.
• Contributions to open-source projects, technical writing, or experience sharing technical expertise with broader engineering communities.

What You’ll Love About NetDocuments

• The People!
• 90% healthcare premiums company covered
• HSA company contribution
• 401K match at 4% with immediate vesting
• Flexible PTO (typically 3 to 4 weeks a year)
• 10 paid holidays
• Monthly contributions for life activities & wellness
• Access to LinkedIn Learning with monthly dedicated time to explore Connection, access, and mentorship from exceptional leaders
• Growing company with opportunities for advancement
• Authenticity and accountability from leadership

Compensation Transparency

The compensation range for this position is $170,000 – $190,000. The posted cash compensation includes on-target earnings. Some roles may qualify for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location.

Equal Opportunity

NetDocuments is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. NetDocuments believes diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.