Manager, Software Engineering - Next-Gen

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About NetDocuments

At NetDocuments, we're shaping the future of legal work. We believe legal professionals should spend less time searching for information and managing documents, and more time solving complex problems, serving clients, and delivering meaningful outcomes. That's why we're building technology that helps organizations work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge.

Our team is redefining what's possible for legal technology. NetDocuments is the trusted intelligent document management platform for legal professionals and the company behind the industry's first and only legal context graph—a breakthrough that gives legal professionals and AI a richer understanding of how matters, documents, people, and knowledge connect across an organization while respecting enterprise-grade security, governance, permissions, and ethical walls.

Innovation is only part of our story. We believe our greatest strength is our people. We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture where curiosity is encouraged, diverse perspectives are valued, and employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact. Whether you're building products, serving customers, or supporting the business, your work helps shape the future of one of the world's most trusted legal technology platforms.

That commitment to our employees and customers has earned us recognition as one of the nation's top workplaces, including:

• Four consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
• Five-time Top Workplace USA winner
• Five-time Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplace
• Multiple Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognizing innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, and compensation & benefits

If you're excited to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside talented colleagues, and help define the next generation of legal technology, we'd love to meet you.

What You’ll Do 

NetDocuments has just unveiled a major redesign of the platform our customers rely on every day. The new experience is built on a foundation that captures how the matters, documents, and people inside a firm connect — so AI can work the way legal professionals actually work. The launch is being covered as one of the most significant platform shifts in legal technology this year, and our CPO has called it the deepest piece of platform engineering we have ever shipped. 

This is the team behind a major piece of that experience: the next-generation web application, the design system that gives it shape, the surfaces customers touch every day, and the integrations that bring AI-driven document understanding into the product. We’re seeking an Engineering Manager to lead one of the engineering teams building it. 

The work is in flight. We’re shipping to real customers, sharpening the experience, and growing the team. You’ll join at a formative moment for the platform — when leadership decisions, technical bets, and team-building habits compound for years. 

This is one of the largest strategic investments NetDocuments has made. The Engineering Manager who leads this team will help shape what NetDocuments becomes — and grow the leadership skills and experience that pave the way for future opportunities. 

A few principles shape this work and the candidates we’re looking for in this role: 

• Validate, then scale. We ship to real users early, learn fast, and earn our way to production hardening as the product proves its value. 
• AI-forward. The new platform is not a refreshed UI on the old product — it’s designed around what AI makes possible. 
• Customer feedback drives the roadmap. What we build next, and when, is shaped by what customers tell us matters most. 
• Built from the ground up. We’re not patching the past. We’re building a new foundation that meets a higher bar for usability, reliability, and intelligence. 

In this role, you will: 

Lead and develop a high-performing team 

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 5–6 software engineers and software test engineers. 
• Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. 
• Partner with recruiting to attract and hire exceptional engineering talent. 
• Support career growth through mentorship, feedback, and performance development. 
• Create the conditions for engineers to do their best work. 

Drive delivery and execution 

• Partner closely with Product, Design, and platform engineering teams to turn customer needs into scalable software solutions. 
• Help build and execute a roadmap that balances customer-facing impact, technical excellence, and long-term platform durability. 
• Guide your team through planning, execution, and delivery while holding a high bar for quality. 
• Lead through ambiguity — sequencing the work, derisking it, and adjusting as we learn from real users. 

Collaborate cross-functionally 

• Coordinate across multiple engineering teams contributing to a shared product vision — a meaningful portion of this role is unlocking work that crosses team boundaries. 
• Communicate priorities, risks, and progress clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Build the partnerships that drive alignment and execution across the organization. 

Provide technical leadership 

• Provide technical guidance and architectural input while empowering engineers to own implementation details. 
• Champion modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, observability, automated testing, and scalable system design. 
• Advocate for highly reliable, maintainable, and secure software. 
• Promote best practices in usability, accessibility, and front-end architecture as the team builds customer-facing experiences and a design system that scales. 

Shape culture and innovation 

• Foster a growth mindset and a culture of continuous learning. 
• Encourage experimentation, thoughtful problem-solving, and learning from incidents. 
• Cultivate transparency, ownership, and customer impact across the team. 
• Support knowledge sharing and technical excellence across teams. 

What You’ll Need to Be Successful 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams, including both software engineers and software test engineers.
• Experience building and delivering enterprise-scale, customer-facing software products.
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, including cloud platforms, CI/CD, distributed systems, and scalable architectures.
• Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity while balancing execution and technical quality.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing teams and delivering impactful software. 

What Will Make You Stand Out 

• Experience shipping AI-native product surfaces — features built around what AI makes possible, not bolted onto an existing product.
• Experience leading teams that build modern web applications, design systems, or platform-scale SaaS products.
• Experience in legal technology, professional-services SaaS, or other regulated enterprise software where data sensitivity matters.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and developing future technical leaders.
• Familiarity with design-system or component-library work as a first-class engineering discipline. 

What You’ll Love About NetDocuments 

• The People! 
• 90% healthcare premiums company covered 
• HSA company contribution 
• 401K match at 4% with immediate vesting 
• Flexible PTO (typically 3 to 4 weeks a year) 
• 10 paid holidays 
• Monthly contributions for life activities & wellness 
• Access to LinkedIn learning with monthly dedicated time to explore 

Compensation Transparency 

The compensation range for this position is: $170,000 - $200,000

The posted cash compensation for this position includes on target earnings. Some roles may qualify for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are determined based on various factors specific to each candidate, such as career level, skills, experience, geographic location, qualifications, and other job-related considerations. 

Equal Opportunity 

NetDocuments is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. NetDocuments believes diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.