Senior Software Engineer Lead

About this role

About Us:

Magna Legal Services provides end-to-end legal support services to law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies throughout the nation. As an end-to-end service provider, we can provide strategic advantages to our clients by offering legal support services at every stage of their legal proceedings.

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Lead

Position Summary:

Magna Legal Services is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineering Lead to guide and grow a software engineering team. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in modern web development with proven leadership experience, driving both hands-on engineering and team development. This is a fully remote role, offering the opportunity to shape the technical direction of the internal and client-facing platforms that support our mission of empowering legal professionals with smarter tools.

### Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture.
• Provide technical direction and oversight for the design, development, and maintenance of scalable web applications and services supporting Magna's internal operations and client-facing platforms.
• Collaborate with product managers, data engineers, AI engineers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into well-architected technical solutions.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to accelerate team productivity and improve code quality.
• Architect and build APIs and services using Node.js or .NET Core.
• Oversee front-end development using React and modern UI frameworks, ensuring consistent and high-quality user experiences.
• Conduct code reviews, lead architectural discussions, and champion continuous improvement of engineering practices and standards.
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and DevOps proc...