Job Description
Join Our Team at Litera: Where Legal Technology Meets Excellence
Litera has been at the forefront of legal technology innovation for over 25 years, crafting legal software to amplify impact and maximize efficiency. Developed by the best legal minds in the industry, our comprehensive suite of integrated legal tools is both powerful and user-friendly and simplifies the way modern firms manage core legal workflows, secure collaboration, and organize firm knowledge and experience. Everyday, we help more than 2.3 million legal professionals focus on their craft. Litera: Less busy work, more of your life’s work.
Overview: Litera is looking to hire a senior engineering leader for our Ahmedabad, India office, to lead and grow. You will directly oversee engineering teams in Ahmedabad and work closely with your counterparts and colleagues in Ahmedabad and across the world, in setting our products’ technology direction and fast track its execution to meet Litera’s aggressive growth plans. This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic and passionate technology leader to join a rapidly growing company and make significant contributions to the design and delivery of our products. We have high engineering standards on real-time control software, and we want you to help make us better.
Key Responsibilities:
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Manage the people on an engineering team to keep them aligned and focused on achieving the team’s goals.
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Drives the design, strategy, and execution of software development projects to support product roadmaps.
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Lead technology architecture and development as per product needs
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Oversee the daily activities and progress of multiple SCRUM teams.
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Act as a regional leader for multiple India-based software engineering teams.
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Monitor, and continuously update, team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence. Ensure a consistent, regular process for the assessment of goals and improvement of deliveries.
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Lead many SCRUM teams through estimating engineering efforts to build new features and fix prior mistakes.
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Collaborate with Product Managers on new products and new features.
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Implement a data-driven approach to execution to drive transparency and accountability across all stakeholders.
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Identify market gaps, product/client requirements or issues and work with geographically distributed cross-functional teams such as product, customer success, and sales to define the detailed plan and execute it with agility and speed.
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Support the ongoing engineering needs of our existing customers and prospects while balancing product goals along side engineering-driven projects.
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Create an impact on our overall software development approach, setting engineering, road maps, partnering with product management and product marketing across different geographical locations.
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Strategic thinker with abilities to create or work on 90, 120, and 180-day plans designed along with leadership team for self and teams.
Qualifications:
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16+ years of technology including 6+ years of management experience in various.
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Elements of full-stack software development front end, back end, data and insights and hands-on technical design & implementation experience preferably in SaaS products
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Works closely with the Senior Director and VP of Engineering, and other senior leadership to develop and implement world-class Engineering practices.
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Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate product and business strategies.
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Excellent understanding of software development life cycles with experience
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guiding teams through planning, development, and rollout using best-in-industry agile/scrum practices
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Prior experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams that are simultaneously working on multiple projects and technologies
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Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills at high levels.
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Possess innate customer service skills including the ability to be empathetic, accurate, compassionate, responsive, resourceful, and conscientious.
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Strong relationship management, strategizing, project management, problem-solving, and change management skills.
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Ability to work with local & global stakeholders in a matrix environment.
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Comfortable interacting and presenting in front of C-level executives.
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Thrive in fast-changing environments and ambiguity while being execution-oriented, hands-on, pragmatic, and focused on results.
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Motivated problem solver who can accurately document and communicate issues.
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Proven experience leading “cloud native” software solutions with domain-driven design and microservices-based architecture.
Why Join Litera?
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The company culture: We emphasize helping each other grow, doing the right thing always, and being part of a journey to amplify impact, creating an exciting and fulfilling work environment
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Commitment to Employees: Our people commitment is based on what employees love most about being part of the team, focusing on tools that matter to the difference-makers in the legal world and amplifying their impact
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Global, Dynamic, and Diverse Team: Our is a global company with ambitious goals and unlimited opportunities, offering a dynamic and diverse work environment where employees can grow, listen, empathize, and problem-solve together
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Comprehensive Benefits Package: Experience peace of mind with our health insurance, retirement savings plans, generous paid time off, and a supportive work-life balance. We invest in your well-being and future, ensuring a rewarding career journey.
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Career Growth and Development: We provide career paths and opportunities for professional development, allowing employees to progress through various technical and leadership roles
Litera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
What We Do
We are the leading document technology company in the legal industry. Our products empower users to generate, review, and distribute high-quality content quickly and securely. We use the latest innovative technology to build software to help our clients focus more time on the work that really matters to the people they serve.
Why Work With Us
We strive to stay current with all employment trends and prioritize flexibility, employee well-being, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Our generous PTO and ten flexible holidays promote work-life balance. And all our employees are encouraged to access personal development courses and tools in our internal learning management system.
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