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About Us

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.

Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.

2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR , with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.

We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.

Joining Legora means three things.

We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.

We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.

We grow together: as a team and with our customers.

Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.

If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.

About the Role

As an Engineering Manager at Legora, you'll lead by example: hands-on in the code while guiding a talented team of engineers. You'll architect and deliver features that make legal professionals' lives easier, drive technical excellence, and help shape a product used by forward-thinking law firms around the world. This is a role for someone who loves to build, mentor, and scale both people and systems.

What You'll Do

Build end-to-end features across our fullstack platform

Stay hands-on in the codebase while growing your team

Lead architecture and technical decisions, holding a high bar for quality, security, and performance

Partner with Product and Design to ship value quickly and reliably

Review code and mentor engineers at all levels

Champion best practices in development, DevOps, and continuous improvement

Work with Node.js, React, Azure, AWS and Kubernetes

Keep your team healthy and efficient

Who You Are

A seasoned fullstack or backend engineer with 1-3 years of leadership experience

Comfortable being hands-on while also setting technical direction

Skilled in building scalable products and owning complex systems end-to-end

Strong communicator who leads with empathy and clarity

Passionate about mentoring others and helping teams grow

Confident working across backend, frontend, and infrastructure

Curious, pragmatic, and always looking for smarter ways to build and deliver

But most importantly, you are someone who:

"Gets stuff done" and understands building a successful company isn't always glamorous and takes hard work and long hours

Proactively and independently solves the most burning problems

Thrives in a fast-paced environment where the answers aren't always clear and processes are few

*Candidates will go through the same interview process as software engineering candidates (including a coding task and a technical interview), with additional interview steps at the end designed for the engineering manager role.

*This is a New York City-based, 5-day in-office role, we believe building together in person drives better outcomes.

What’s In It For You

Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients domestically and internationally.

Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.

Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.

In-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders.

Benefits & Perks: We invest in our people with a comprehensive, thoughtfully designed benefits package:

Medical, Dental & Vision

Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente

HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)

Dental plans via MetLife

Vision plans via Vision Care

Family Support

Generous parental leave

Free access to Maven Clinic

Dependent Care FSA

Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents

Additional Perks

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Life Insurance + STD/LTD

401(K) with generous company match

Unlimited PTO

Robust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.