Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Staff Software Engineer at DISCO, a cloud‑native AI‑powered legal technology company, will help build and evolve large‑scale distributed systems that power e‑discovery and other legal solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Engage actively in coding, code reviews, and technical discussions, ensuring high‑quality output.
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, high‑performance, easily modifiable distributed systems.
• Continuously enhance system performance to meet customer needs using best practices for scalable distributed systems.
• Share knowledge and mentor junior engineers, promoting a culture of technical excellence.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.

Required profile

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience building large‑scale, fault‑tolerant SaaS and cloud‑based services.
• Strong experience with relational and non‑relational data stores.
• Expertise designing, implementing, and maintaining highly available, high‑performance distributed systems.
• Proven ability to deliver well‑crafted, tested, and maintainable code for complex challenges.
• Delivered cloud‑native software solutions with operational excellence.
• Experience implementing RESTful APIs and using gRPC for internal service‑to‑service communication.

Required skills

• Python
• Kotlin
• Java
• .NET
• Flask
• Netflix DGS
• AWS
• Elasticsearch
• DynamoDB
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Kafka
• gRPC
• GraphQL
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• ECS

What we offer

• Open, inclusive, and fun work environment.
• Medical and dental insurance benefits.
• Competitive salary plus discretionary bonus.
• Opportunity to join a startup revolutionizing the legal industry.
• Growth opportunities throughout the company.