Director, Software Engineering

Job Description

Join the Legal Tech Revolution  you ready to shape the future of how law is practiced? At Litera, we’re on a mission to Raise The Bar™️ for the legal profession by delivering transformational and globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. We’ve been a leader in legal tech innovation for 30 years and are leading the legal AI revolution to this day with most of the world’s largest law firms as our clients.

If you’re passionate about building AI-forward solutions that scale globally and want your work to impact millions of legal professionals worldwide, this is your opportunity to be part of an extraordinary team that’s elevating the craft of law.

As part of our strategic growth and commitment to fostering collaboration and operational excellence, we are transitioning to a hybrid working model.

This position is based in Denver, Colorado and candidates should reside within reasonable commuting distance, as this role requires on-site presence at least three days per week. This hybrid approach enables us to build a collaborative and innovative work environment while maintaining the flexibility that supports both productivity and work-life balance. We are actively seeking talented individuals to join our team in this exciting new phase of growth.

As a Director, Software Engineering at Litera, you will be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about driving innovation in the legal technology space. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge tools and collaborate with industry experts to deliver solutions that make a real difference in the legal profession.

• Define and execute the generative AI roadmap aligned with product and engineering goals
• Lead idea inception, discovery, prototyping, and engineering of AI-driven solutions, including AI Agents and LLM-based solutions
• Act as a creative leader, inspiring engineering teams to push the boundaries of innovation
• Align technology initiatives to Litera One platform architecture
• Oversee the daily activities of multiple teams to deliver impactful customer value
• Monitor and update team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence
• Ensure a consistent, regular process for assessment of goals and improvement of deliveries
• Collaborate with product managers on new products and new features
• Collaborate with architects to deliver secure, scalable and performant products
• Implement a data driven approach to drive transparency and accountability across all stakeholders
• Identify technology improvement opportunities and gaps and develop plans to improve them
• Think strategically with the ability to create 90, 120, 180-day plans designed along with leadership team for self and teams

• Required Experience:
  • Bachelor’s, Masters’ or equivalent experience is required
  • 10+ years of technology leadership experience
  • Demonstrated proficiency in fast-changing environments with a high level of ambiguity
  • Experience with generative AI technologies, including LLMs, MCP Servers, AI Agents, and prompt engineering
  • Strong experience working hands‑on with innovation teams to deliver high quality outcomes
  • Motivated problem solver who can accurately document and communicate issues
  • Experience with full-stack software development (front end, back end, data and insights) and hands‑on technical design
  • Experience leading incubation / startup style initiatives, ideally in a product-driven engineering environment
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate product strategy
  • Prior experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams of engineers simultaneously working on multiple projects
  • Familiarity with Dev Ops CI/CD principles
  • Comfortable interacting and presenting in front of C-level executives
  • Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) with experience guiding teams through planning, development, and rollout
• Preferred Experience:
  • Experience with Azure Kubernetes / Docker, Fluent UI, Type Script, .NET/C# and React.js
  • Proven experience with Dev Ops, App Sec and SRE organizations
  • Possess innate customer service skills including the ability to be empathetic, accurate, compassionate,…