Elite is the trusted automation platform for law firm operations across most of the world’s largest and most successful law firms. Elite has guided firms through every technology shift and today delivers the only cloud-native SaaS platform that unifies financial, invoice, time, and data management into a single system of action. With embedded AI, predictive analytics, and integrated payments, Elite’s products enable firms to shorten billing cycles, reduce write-offs, and unlock firm-wide insights, making financial operations the foundation for law firm innovation and growth. Learn more at elite.com.
Position Overview
This role is accountable for people leadership and delivery outcomes, aligning execution to strategy while technical design and implementation are owned by engineering practitioners.
Work Arrangement: Remote, United States
This role requires the individual to be based in Flexible across U.S. time zones.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, manage, motivate, and coach engineering talents of diverse practices (QA, automation, Dev, DevOps), different seniority levels & working locations (remote work).
- Handle the delivery of applications your team work with, prioritizing work and acting as point of contact for the team when needed.
- Utilize Agile methodology (Scrum) to manage and deliver efficiently, ensuring adherence to company SDLC standards.
- Partner with Product Managers & Architects to align on strategy, priorities and delivery execution for the applications you are accountable for.
- Work with Technology Operations team to define deployment & operation of the applications you handle.
- Provide oversight and review of solution design, estimations, technical sequencing, and code quality to ensure alignment with standards, timelines, and business objectives.
- Liaise with Sales, Services, Support teams and Customers to discuss matters related to applications owned by you.
- Provide high-level effort estimates for planning and prioritization, based on input from engineering teams.
- Build and support a results-oriented culture, fostering innovation, accountability, team collaboration, and empathy.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM field or equivalent experience.
- 6–8 years of experience in Software Engineering
- Previous experience as Engineering Manager, Architect, Tech Lead or other technical leadership roles within Engineering practice.
- Expert in at least one of SDLC roles – QA, Software Engineering, Test Automation or DevOps, with fair good knowledge of all others
- Strong proficiency in overseeing non-functional aspects of enterprise-grade applications, like performance, security, reliability.
- Experience in Legal, Finance or mission-critical products, as manager or individual contributor
- Experience in cloud-native applications, as manager or individual contributor.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft technology engineering stack (.NET, Azure, Azure DevOps)
- Eagerness to obtain domain knowledge to effectively use technical qualifications.
- Exceptional leadership and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication abilities
- Strong delivery and coaching skills
- Ability to travel up <10% as business needs require
- Role requires the following physical capacity: Sedentary: primarily desk/computer work
- Must be legally authorized to work in United States; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position
Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation Package ($144,000 - $160,000 base salary + variable component)
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage (Health, Dental, Vision)
- Retirement Savings Plan with an Employer Contribution
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Time Off
- Wellness Initiatives
Please note that we do not offer sponsorship for this position.
Additional Information
At Elite Technology, we embrace an employee-centric, flexible work model that empowers you to do your best work in the environment that suits you. However, we also recognize the importance of in-person collaboration for key moments that truly matter.
In our flexible remote approach, you have the freedom to choose a workspace within your home country that best fits your needs. Our corporate offices are located in New York City, Los Angeles, Costa Rica, and the Philippines, providing additional options for those who prefer or need a hybrid work environment.
Our diverse global team spans the U.S., Canada, U.K., Costa Rica, the Philippines, and Australia. Please note that at this time, we are unable to hire employees located in Quebec or Ontario Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
We are not accepting applications submitted through recruiting agencies.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM field or equivalent experience
- 6-8 years of experience in Software Engineering
- Previous experience as Engineering Manager, Architect, Tech Lead or other technical leadership roles within Engineering practice
- Expert in at least one of SDLC roles - QA, Software Engineering, Test Automation or DevOps
- Strong proficiency in overseeing non-functional aspects of enterprise-grade applications
- Experience in Legal, Finance or mission-critical products
- Experience in cloud-native applications
- Good knowledge of Microsoft technology engineering stack (.NET, Azure, Azure DevOps)
- Exceptional leadership and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication abilities
- Strong delivery and coaching skills
- Ability to travel up <10%
What We Do
Elite is a leading, independent technology company that helps law firms drive profitability through improved operational effectiveness, increased efficiency, and greater visibility across their business. Our cutting-edge digital financial management and business operations solutions drive success for firms around the globe by improving finance and accounting operations, including billing, invoicing, payments, and financial reporting. By bringing together data, insights, and tools, we enable law firm leaders to make informed business decisions to build and manage their businesses more effectively and efficiently. Our solutions lie at the heart of a large proportion of the world’s largest, most successful and innovative law firms. In fact, three-quarters of the Am Law 200 and four-fifths of the Global 200 rely on at least one Elite solution to help drive their firms’ business operations into the future. As more firms make cloud solutions a core part of their technology strategies for the future, Elite is leading the way in supporting customers as they move their financial and operational systems into the cloud. To date, Elite has supported more than 400 firms around the world in their move to 3E in the cloud
