[Remote] Software Engineering Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. The Software Engineering Manager will lead a team of engineers building and maintaining core products, balancing people leadership with technical oversight, project delivery, engineering quality, and career development.
Responsibilities
- Manage, mentor, and coach a team of software engineers (typically 6–12 direct reports)
- Conduct regular 1:1s, career development conversations, and performance reviews
- Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent
- Set clear goals, expectations, and success metrics for individuals and the team
- Run structured performance reviews with fairness, consistency, and clarity
- Provide timely, constructive feedback and coaching to help engineers grow
- Recognize and reward high performers while addressing underperformance with empathy and rigor
- Create and maintain career growth paths that align with Filevine’s engineering competency framework
- Use data and observation to make decisions on promotions, compensation, and role changes
- Drive execution of projects from planning through delivery, ensuring quality, scalability, and reliability
- Collaborate with Product Management and Design to refine requirements and work with tech leads to translate them into technical plans
- Set priorities and remove blockers for your team
- Maintain a deep understanding of the technical stack to guide resource planning
- Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, including testing, code review, and CI/CD
- Champion engineering excellence, scalability, and security across the codebase
- Partner with Product, Design, QA, and other engineering teams to ensure alignment and efficient workflows
- Communicate team progress, risks, and needs to leadership and stakeholders
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and psychological safety
- Continuously improve engineering processes, agile practices, and team rituals
Skills
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a formal leadership/management role
- Ability to contribute with hands-on coding up to 50% of the time
- Proven experience managing engineering teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Strong technical background in modern web application development (experience with C#, Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, AngularJS, Svelte, SQL Server, Redis, ElasticSearch, etc.)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in scaling teams, mentoring engineers, and delivering complex projects
- Comfortable using performance data to guide decisions about promotions, compensation, and career growth
- Familiarity with agile methodologies and modern software development practices
- Experience running structured performance reviews and providing actionable feedback
- Skilled at identifying and addressing performance issues early, with empathy and fairness
- Ability to recognize and reward high performance, while supporting underperformers with development plans
- Experience working in SaaS or legaltech platforms
- Background in scaling distributed systems or enterprise-grade software
- Prior experience managing managers or leading multiple squads
- Familiarity with performance management frameworks (e.g., OKRs, Objectives & Key Results, or competency matrices)
Benefits
- This position is also eligible for a paid time off policy
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
- Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
- Short & long-term disability
- Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
- Top-of-the-line company swag
- Remote or option to be hybrid/in-office in one the following locations: San Francisco, New York, Chicago, or Salt Lake City
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