Senior Software Engineer

About Cooley AI

Cooley AI is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Cooley LLP. The frontier development arm of the leading technology law firm in the world. Our mission is to bring the best-in-class practices from the technology field into the legal domain to help lead our firm and the legal industry into the AI era. All employees of Cooley AI are employees of Cooley and are seconded to Cooley AI.

Position Summary

As a leading technology law firm, Cooley is determined to become a leader in the digital practice of law. Cooley Innovation embraces a culture of customer service excellence and all members of the department are expected to move this agenda forward. To that end, under the supervision of the Senior Manager of Software Engineering and working in conjunction with a development team, the Senior Software Engineer will create user information solutions by developing, implementing, and maintaining internet/intranet applications, leading a team of developers.

Responsibilities

• Determine design methodologies and tool sets; compile programming using languages and software projects including designing and conducting tests
• Design and develop user interfaces to internet/intranet applications by setting expectations and features priorities throughout development life cycle
• Integrate applications by designing database architecture and server scripting in addition to studying and establishing connectivity with network systems, search engines, and information servers
• Define site objectives by analyzing user requirements; envisioning system features and functionality
• Support and develop application developers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
• Assist with Q&A and user acceptance testing to ensure applications can be used easily, quickly and accurately
• Consult manuals, periodicals and technical reports to learn new ways to develop programs and maintain existing skills and knowledge
• Serve as a member of on-call rotation team in support of production applications, Web services, and workflow process
• All other duties as assigned or required

Required Skills and Experience

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
• Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
• 4+ years of modern web development experience, with a proven ability to work independently and deliver high-quality solutions across the full SDLC
• Extensive experience with SQL Server, including database design, table creation, stored procedures, functions, and query optimization
• Expertise in building RESTful APIs and microservices using ASP.NET Core, .NET 6+, and C#, with a strong focus on scalability, performance, and security
• Proficient with Visual Studio 2019+/VS Code
• Strong experience with modern front-end frameworks, including Angular (v12+), TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML