Senior Applications Engineer, New Business Intake & Conflicts

HireNow Staffing•New York, NY

2d•$135,000 - $194,000•Remote

About The Position

HireNow Staffing is partnering with a globally recognized Am Law 50 firm to recruit a seasoned and skilled Senior Applications Engineer, New Business Intake & Conflicts. This role serves as the technical owner of the firm's risk and compliance application ecosystem and plays a pivotal role in advancing how the firm evaluates, manages, and mitigates risk at scale. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Applications, this is a highly technical, hands-on position with broad visibility across IT, Risk, Compliance, and firm leadership. This role sits at the intersection of technology, risk management, and business operations. You will own the stability, security, optimization, and future-state evolution of platforms supporting New Business Intake and Conflicts—most notably Intapp Conflicts, Intake, Walls, and Terms. A major focus of this role is leading the migration of the firms Intapp environment from on-premise to cloud/SaaS, while simultaneously expanding platform capabilities and improving business workflows. This position is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys ownership, strategic influence, and deep technical problem-solving in a regulated professional services environment.

Requirements

7+ years of information technology experience
5+ years supporting enterprise application platforms
3+ years of hands-on experience with Intapp Conflicts, Intake, Walls, and Terms (or equivalent risk and compliance systems)
3+ years supporting cloud/SaaS platforms
Strong experience with system integrations (APIs, web services, FTP, database-to-database)
Proficiency with SQL Server, including querying, reporting, and development
Strong understanding of IT change management, SDLC, and incident management
Ability to work onsite or remotely within the NYC area

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a legal or professional services environment
Experience leading or supporting large-scale cloud migrations
Deep expertise with Intapp configuration tools, including Forms, Workflows, and datasets
Familiarity with AI and GenAI applications within legal technology or enterprise IT environments
Experience using JIRA, Confluence, or similar project management tools
Knowledge of security and data governance best practices
Experience working with or presenting to executive-level stakeholders
Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language

Responsibilities

Serve as the IT owner for all applications supporting firm risk and compliance, including: Intapp Conflicts Intapp Intake Intapp Walls Intapp Terms Related integrated systems
Lead planning and execution of the migration from on-premise Intapp platforms to cloud/SaaS environments
Identify and implement new capabilities enabled by cloud adoption
Partner closely with New Business Intake and Conflicts teams to: Analyze workflows Translate business requirements into technical solutions Optimize application configuration and performance
Deliver strategic recommendations to IT and business leadership based on: Platform capabilities Vendor roadmaps Business and compliance drivers
Manage the firm's vendor relationship with Intapp, including advocacy for enhancements and roadmap alignment
Lead and support application implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and complex troubleshooting
Ensure ongoing health, performance, security, and stability of all owned applications
Monitor system performance and capacity, lead capacity planning initiatives
Collaborate with infrastructure, security, data, and development teams to deliver new functionality
Maintain accurate architecture diagrams, system documentation, and support materials
Adhere to IT change management, SDLC, incident management, and governance processes
Support training, testing, and quality assurance efforts; partner with QA on test scripts and remediation
Provide guidance and coaching to junior analysts; collaborate with on-site, off-site, and offshore teams