Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering (Developer Experience) at Everlaw

Oakland, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Legal TechIndustries

Requirements

  • At least 5 years as a senior engineer building developer productivity tools and/or highly available platform services (e.g., storage, pub-sub, search, caching, observability)
  • 3+ years of experience directly managing engineering teams (inferred from incomplete description)
  • Deep experience with infrastructure/cloud technologies (e.g., Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker)

Responsibilities

  • Lead platform teams that build and evolve core internal platforms and developer tooling—spanning build/test infrastructure, CI/CD, and developer workflows—to improve engineer productivity and time-to-value
  • Collaborate closely with Engineering Operations, Security Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Design to synthesize requirements and prioritize impactful investments
  • Drive roadmapping, resourcing, and execution for critical platform areas that make it better and cheaper to develop, test, and release software
  • Establish and use developer efficiency metrics (e.g., build/test times, deploy lead time, change failure rate) to identify bottlenecks and plan ambitious improvements to workflows
  • Ensure operational excellence for platform services and tooling with clear SLOs, robust observability, and incident/bug management practices
  • Coach and develop engineers and leads; provide actionable feedback, elevate technical execution, and foster an inclusive, high-accountability culture
  • Partner with Engineering Operations to improve processes for alignment, goal setting, empowerment, and cross-team execution across Engineering
  • Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, adjusting altitude from strategy to technical deep dives as needed
  • Own roadmaps for internal platforms and tooling (build/test systems, CI/CD, environments, and workflows)
  • Collaborate across the org to deliver measurable efficiency gains

Skills

Engineering Management
Platform Engineering
Developer Experience
CI/CD
Build Systems
Test Systems
Cloud Infrastructure
Roadmap Ownership
Team Leadership
Mentoring
Coaching

Everlaw

Provides ediscovery software for legal teams

About Everlaw

Everlaw provides advanced ediscovery software designed for law firms, corporations, and government agencies. Ediscovery involves the process of locating and securing electronic data to be used as evidence in legal cases. Everlaw's platform simplifies this process, allowing legal teams to focus on their core tasks. The software is cloud-native and utilizes analytics and machine learning to quickly identify relevant information, making it user-friendly for legal professionals of all tech levels. In addition to ediscovery, Everlaw offers tools for deposition and trial preparation, as well as solutions for responding to cyber breaches and other legal actions. This comprehensive approach enhances the efficiency and productivity of legal teams. Everlaw generates revenue by selling its software and services to a diverse range of clients.

Oakland, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2010Year Founded
$290.5MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, LegalIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Competitive salary
Substantial equity
Retirement plan with company matching
Health, dental, and vision
Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
Paid parental leave and sick leave
Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
Company-sponsored life and disability insurance

Risks

GenAI adoption may face challenges due to AI accuracy concerns.
Expansion of Everlaw for Good could strain company resources.
Reliance on cloud solutions exposes Everlaw to data breach risks.

Differentiation

Everlaw integrates AI-based clustering for deeper insights in ediscovery.
The platform offers centralized legal holds, reducing manual data management risks.
Everlaw for Good provides free access to legal tech for non-profits.

Upsides

GenAI-powered assistants reduce time and costs in the discovery process.
Partnership with BDO USA enhances global litigation support services.
Everlaw ranked #1 in customer satisfaction in ediscovery.

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