Senior Software Developer
About The Position
Wilson Sonsini is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. We represent companies at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations, as well as the venture firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance and advise them. The firm has approximately 1,100 attorneys in 17 offices: 13 in the U.S., two in China, and two in Europe. Our broad spectrum of practices and entrepreneurial spirit allow exceptional opportunities for professional achievement and career growth. Wilson Sonsini is seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to join our Innovations team. The software developers on our team are the primary contributors to Neuron on both the frontend and the backend. You will work closely with a fully remote team of designers, developers, and stakeholders to add new capabilities to the Neuron platform, as well as maintain existing features and infrastructure. You will be involved in all aspects of software development, including distributed system design. While you will have a high degree of autonomy, collaboration is a core part of the role. You’ll work collaboratively with other developers to design and implement changes. This position is available as a fully remote work schedule. About Neuron Neuron, Wilson Sonsini’s proprietary software platform, is digitally transforming the legal practice and spearheading a new breed of technology-enabled legal services. About the Team Collegial, tight-knit team focused on precision and continuous improvement State of the art use of event sourcing, autonomous services, lean process methodology, and testing Supportive, mentorship-driven culture that fosters continuous learning and collaboration High trust environment where team members are encouraged to make independent, high-level contributions from day one Who You Are You turn conversation starters into user-focused value by engaging stakeholders, identifying problems, then collaboratively designing and delivering solutions You don’t jump to conclusions. You seek to understand problems so that the solutions become self-evident You figure out what conditions allowed the problems to happen and solve those too You sweat the small stuff. If a detail feels off, you notice, say something to the team, build consensus on how to fix it, and then fix it You’re comfortable giving direction as well as taking it You verify your work is correct as you’re doing it
Requirements
- 7+ years designing, implementing, and testing software
- Fluency in software design principles
- Experience with test-driven development
- Familiarity with service-oriented architecture and distributed system fundamentals
- Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Microservices, Pub/Sub, Event Sourcing, as well as Eventide and Message DB
- Technologies Ruby Rails Eventide Message DB PostgreSQL Kubernetes Terraform Azure
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
