Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Ready to Help Shape the Future of Legal Tech?!

At Litera, we don't just build software, we transform how the world's top law firms operate. Every day, we Raise The Bar™ for what's possible through AI, innovation, and solutions that power millions of legal professionals worldwide. If you're energized by scale, real impact, and meaningful challenges, you'll feel right at home here.

Why this Role Matters

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Generative AI Innovation team, you'll lead teams made up primarily of coding agents to build GenAI features and agents for Litera's market products and internal processes. You'll partner with Engineering, Product Management, and leaders across the organization, up to the CTO, to turn new AI capabilities into real products and efficiencies.

The features you deliver and the knowledge you spread help Litera and its clients use their data for competitive advantage. This is a high-visibility, pioneering opportunity to shape how a market-leading company adopts the newest development technologies.

Where You'll Work

This is a hybrid role based in Denver, Colorado with the expectations to be in office at least 3 days a week for collaboration and connection.

What You'll Deliver

• GenAI-powered features and agents that improve Litera's market products and internal processes, built with tools like Devin, Cline, Replit, and Cursor.
• Teams of virtual developers that you lead and govern, delivering clean, maintainable, extensible code with minimal defects.
• Product and feature ideas translated into technical designs and development tasks, in close partnership with Engineering and Product Management.
• Ongoing research and evaluation of new technologies and dev agents, documented with a clear view of their potential value for Litera.
• Company-wide GenAI adoption, driven through your role as evangelist and through sessions and webinars that spread knowledge across Engineering.
• New opportunities to apply GenAI to process challenges and inefficiencies, identified in conversation with groups across the organization.
• Secure, well-built solutions that reflect software and security best practices, including object-oriented design patterns, SOLID, and the OWASP Top 10.
• Reliable execution on priorities, estimates, deadlines, and deliverables.

Litera is committed to an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need an accommodation at any point, please let us know and we'll work with you.

Must-Haves

• 5+ years of software development experience, with strong backend competence in.NET/.NET Core, ASP.NET Core, and Web/REST APIs.
• 5+ years of experience with a modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Angular, or Svelte) and TypeScript.
• 4+ years of experience with SQL Azure (preferred) or SQL Server, plus unit testing frameworks such as xUnit and MSTest.
• AI development experience, including LLMs (Azure OpenAI, Anthropic), prompt engineering, embeddings/vectorization/semantic similarity, and RAG.
• Experience with GitHub, Azure DevOps, or Bit, and Visual Studio Code (preferred) or Visual Studio.
• Strong visioning, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to engage everyone from peers to directors to the CTO, and to multitask across competing priorities.

Nice-to-Haves

• PostgreSQL.
• Docker.
• Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cursor, Codex, or Devin.

Great candidates don't check every box. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply.

What You'll Experience

• A team that shows up. Work alongside people who collaborate, support one another, and lead with integrity.
• Global Reach. Partner with teams around the world to solve complex challenges that matter.
• Real opportunity for growth. Expand your impact through meaningful stretch opportunities, visibility and career development.
• AI-driven innovation. Work at the intersection of legal technology, customer outcomes, and cutting-edge AI.

Pay and benefits

The base salary range for this role is $125,000 to $155,000 USD. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, education, and other relevant qualifications. This role is also eligible to participate in a company bonus plan. In addition to base salary, Litera offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, and incentive and recognition programs. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

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