Senior Manager of Engineering

About the role

This role requires in-office presence on Tuesdays & Thursdays to collaborate, connect, and learn from peers - while also maintaining the flexibility for meaningful work-life balance. You will lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for supporting the cloud-scale document management platform iManage builds for the legal industry, serving both law firms and corporate legal departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing engineering team of 4 to 5 engineers across different seniority levels where people feel comfortable taking risks, trying new approaches, and learning through it
• Develop your team through regular 1-on-1s, coaching, hiring for growth, and feedback that matters; having honest conversations when someone's struggling and working together on the path forward
• Promote AI-native development, modeling how you use AI day-to-day to write, test, and debug code, and helping engineers treat AI as a core part of how the team thinks and builds, not a bolt-on to existing habits
• Build a team where feedback flows both ways and happens regularly, not just in review cycles; helping people understand when to adjust course
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technical practices, and how our people are evolving; bringing this learning back to elevate the whole team
• Drive the engineering architecture for a cloud-scale SaaS platform for legal document management, making decisions that hold up in production
• Interact with iManage's ecosystem of 250+ technology partners, understanding and addressing their demands on the iManage Cloud platform
• Co-build solutions with partners, especially in the AI domain, to extend what the platform can do for our shared customers
• Owning technical decisions that balance business needs, team capabilities, and long-term sustainability of the platform; explaining tradeoffs in terms of cost, quality, performance, and team readiness
• Being hands-on when it matters most; diving into architectural discussions, code reviews for critical decisions, design documents, and complex problems
• Driving adoption of engineering best practices including CI/CD, testing strategies, code review discipline, design documentation, and observability
• Collaborating with product, engineering leadership, and ecosystem partners to understand technical requirements and surface where partnership becomes competitive advantage
• Translating business priorities and roadmap into technical plans with clear milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation; driving toward those plans with accountability and agility
• Communicating technical progress, blockers, and decisions clearly to both technical and business stakeholders; presenting options and trade-offs so others can make informed choices
• Developing engineers who can work across team boundaries

Qualifications

• 8+ years building software or services at scale, with 3+ years leading a team of engineers in a hands-on technical manager role
• Deep technical expertise in backend systems, distributed architecture, or related areas; comfortable with current technology stack (Java, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.); and a track record of making pragmatic technical decisions under uncertainty
• Experience architecting or operating a cloud-scale SaaS platform in a regulated or high-trust domain (legal, financial services, healthcare, or similar) serving enterprise customers where production quality carries real consequences
• Hands-on practice with AI-native development, using AI coding tools and workflows daily, not just shipping AI-powered features, and the ability to model and teach that practice to your team
• Experience working with a broad technology-partner or ISV ecosystem: evaluating partner requirements, setting technical guardrails for a cloud platform, and turning partner feedback into roadmap input
• Demonstrated success developing and mentoring engineers at different stages of their career
• Strong communication skills, including being able to explain complex technical decisions in simple terms, giving candid feedback that people hear and act on, and adjusting my communication style based on your audience
• Demonstrated agility; pivoted based on new information, helped my team adapt to organizational changes, and stayed curious through it
• A growth mindset and hunger for learning, especially around AI practices in software development

Skills

• Technical leadership and architecture
• Collaboration and execution
• People management and team building
• AI-native development
• Cloud-scale SaaS platform operations
• Technology partner ecosystem engagement
• Communication and feedback

Benefits

• Flexible working policy that supports a healthy balance between personal and professional well-being
• Modern open-plan workspace with gaming area, free snacks, drinks, and regular social events
• Opportunities to learn new skills and earn certifications with access to unlimited courses in LinkedIn Learning
• Market competitive salary that is applied through a consistent process, equitable for all our employees, and regularly reviewed based on industry data
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Comprehensive Health/Vision/Dental/Life Insurance, and a 401k Retirement Savings Plan with a company match up to 4%
• HealthJoy, a healthcare concierge service, to help you maximize your health benefits
• Enhanced leave for expecting parents; 20 weeks 100% paid for primary leave, and 10 weeks 100% paid for secondary leave
• Flexible time off policy to take the time off that you need
• Multiple company wellness days and free access to the Healthy Minds app for mindfulness, meditation, and more

Pay

The overall US annual base salary range for this position is $160,000–$230,000. Individual compensation for each candidate depends on factors such as qualifications, experience, and candidate location. This range does not include additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses, or benefits.

Schedule

This role requires in-office presence on Tuesdays & Thursdays to collaborate, connect, and learn from peers - while also maintaining the flexibility for meaningful work-life balance.