About the position
Practising Law Institute (PLI) educates and informs lawyers and other professionals with innovative programs, publications, podcasts, and additional resources. With a sterling reputation developed over 90 years, PLI is a trusted source of professional development and knowledge for the legal community. A nonprofit organization, PLI is also known for its dedication to providing pro bono training and resources to ensure access to justice. PLI’s client base includes a large array of prestigious law firms, corporations, and government agencies. We are also proud to have recently been named one of the “Brands That Matter” by Fast Company. More information about PLI may be found on our website www.pli.edu. PLI is searching for a technology professional to fill the role of Staff Software Engineer. Work in a collaborative environment with a diverse, employee community where staff enjoy a generous benefits package and a genuine commitment to a work-life balance (4+ weeks of paid time off and hybrid remote/in-person schedules for most roles). Staff Engineers are the guardians of the codebase and stewards of our architecture. They turn vision into elegant, scalable systems, modeling engineering excellence for the entire organization. Sitting at the apex of our engineering career ladder, Staff Engineers wield deep technical mastery and broad architectural insight to de-risk the hardest initiatives, set enduring design standards, and unlock capabilities that ripple across multiple product lines. They move seamlessly between white-board strategy sessions and critical path coding, mentoring seniors toward their next level while partnering with Product, Security, and Operations to translate business goals into robust, future-proof solutions. Rare by design, each Staff Engineer is a force-multiplier whose influence raises the bar for the entire engineering culture and ensures the systems we build today remain reliable, maintainable, and performant.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with agile team to gather requirements, refine user stories and create solutions.
- Deliver both functional and non-functional requirements; drive and execute user stories through completion.
- Perform hands-on design and implementation using the appropriate programming languages and development tools/framework/platform.
- Develop and maintain unit, integration, and stress tests.
- Work with DevOps to ensure the continuous delivery of software via the CI/CD process.
- Establish and enforce coding and testing standards, the software development policies, and code quality with the architects.
- Guide and train Software Engineers. Coach leads on making sound trade-offs between scope, quality, and delivery dates.
- Other duties, as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is Required
- Minimum of 7+ years of experience in software, or particularly impressive experience of shorter duration.
- Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and common practices (code reviews, SCRUM, etc.) is required.
- Understanding of application architecture and frameworks.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must.
- Development experience using C# and MVC is a must.
- Web development experience is a must.
- Understanding of source code version control (GIT) and CI/CD (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins) processes.
- Keeps up to date with market trends and other changes in technology.
Nice-to-haves
- Development platform/ languages: ASP.net MVC, C#, MS SQL, web services, SOAP/Restful, Azure, CIT, CI/CD tools, EpiServer (web CMS), MS Identity Server, JWPlayer, Kafka, Java, Redis, Javascript, Typescript, React, Bootstrap, React Native, Solr, HTML, CSS, Elastic Search
- Agile project management: Jira / Confluence
- Experience writing unit and integration tests
- SaaS: Salesforce, NetSuite, Adaptive, Celigo, Avalara, CyberSource
- Experience in relational and non-relational databases: MS SQL, Mongo DB, REDIS
- Experience in application security and performance optimization
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families
- Generous employer contribution to employee retirement savings account
- Ample paid time off and holidays, summer Fridays
- Flexible hybrid remote/in-person scheduling for most roles
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning web-based training along with other career development opportunities
- Work-life balance initiatives
- One-time $500 Home Office Allowance
- Gym/Wellness Allowance of up to $300 each calendar year
