Staff Software Engineer - Next Gen

NetDocuments is committed to providing an excellent candidate experience and will never ask you to engage in recruitment activity without phone, video, and in person meetings and communications from emails using the @netdocuments.com domain. If you have any concerns or questions about communications you have received, please send them to hrgroup@netdocuments.co m so our team members can review. 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 is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Solstice to help shape the next generation of our document management platform. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who brings deep expertise building production-grade full stack applications and a strong track record of leading technical direction within their team. You’ll operate as a hands-on technical leader, helping drive the architecture and delivery of scalable, event-driven systems across React, TypeScript, Node.js, C#/.NET, and AWS. You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Platform Services, and engineering leadership to solve complex technical challenges, integrate emerging technologies including AI-powered services, and ensure Solstice continues to scale with the performance, reliability, and security our customers expect. You will: Technical Leadership & Team Impact Serve as a hands-on technical leader for Solstice, helping define technical direction and engineering standards across the team. Lead architectural discussions and make technical decisions across frontend, backend, and distributed systems. Establish patterns for building scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable applications. Guide the evolution of the Solstice technology stack as the platform matures and scales. Drive technical initiatives that improve system performance, reliability, developer experience, and engineering quality. Design & Build Architect and build production-grade full stack applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, C#/.NET, and AWS. Design and implement event-driven architectures using AWS services, Kafka, and modern data pipelines. Build responsive frontend experiences that make complex document management workflows intuitive and efficient. Design scalable REST and GraphQL APIs that power product experiences and third-party integrations. Build content enrichment and search capabilities that surface insights across large volumes of documents. Integrate AI-powered services and emerging technologies that enhance document intelligence and user productivity. System Performance & Operational Excellence Design resilient systems that maintain reliability and performance as the platform scales globally. Instrument applications with logging, metrics, distributed tracing, and telemetry to proactively identify and diagnose issues. Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to scalability and reliability. Ensure security, performance, and compliance requirements are incorporated throughout system design and implementation. Proactively identify and address technical debt across the platform. Problem Solving & Ownership Own complex technical initiatives from initial design through production deployment and ongoing evolution. Solve challenges across areas such as real-time search, event-driven document processing, frontend performance, and distributed systems. Evaluate architectural trade-offs across performance, usability, security, scalability, and maintainability. Create clear technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, system designs, and key technical decisions. Collaboration & Mentorship Partner closely with Product and Design to translate customer and business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Mentor engineers across experience levels and help elevate technical capabilities and engineering practices across the team. Collaborate with Platform Services and other engineering teams on shared infrastructure and integration points. Build alignment around technical approaches and provide clear direction when decisions need to be made.