Tech Lead / Principal Engineer | Startup Transforming legal tech with AI
About Us Tram Case is revolutionizing legal technology with AI-driven tools that enhance efficiency and accessibility for legal professionals. We're undertaking high-impact technology transformation, partnering with a high-volume immigration law firm to optimize workflows and streamline processes. Join us in building the future of legal tech, where impactful innovation meets user-centric design. Role Overview The Tech Lead (Senior Staff or Principal Engineer) will play a critical role in defining and executing the technical strategy of our core platform. This is a high-impact role focused on architecting solutions, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring we meet rigorous standards for scalability, performance, and security. As a senior technical leader, you’ll collaborate closely with the CTO, CPO, Infrastructure Architect, and other executive stakeholders, bringing deep technical expertise to influence and drive key decisions. Interview Preparation Guide Key Responsibilities • Technical Leadership: Serve as the primary technical authority on the team, making architectural decisions, defining best practices, and setting coding standards to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable codebases. • Architectural Ownership: Design, implement, and optimize core system architecture, ensuring it supports high availability, high-volume processing, and complex data workflows. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the CTO, CPO, Infrastructure Architect, and other senior leaders to align technical initiatives with product and business goals, contributing to the overall strategic direction. • Project Ownership: Lead the design and development of large-scale projects, driving them from concept through implementation, and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery. • Mentorship & Guidance: Mentor engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement across teams. • Innovation: Drive technical innovation within the team, evaluating and implementing new tools, frameworks, and technologies that can improve our development process and product. Technical Proficiency Must be proficient in several of the following: • Programming Languages: Advanced proficiency in Python, Go, or Node.js, with experience in multiple languages being a plus • Cloud Platforms: Deep knowledge of AWS, GCP, or Azure and the ability to design scalable, cloud-native applications • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi to manage cloud infrastructure • CI/CD: Proficiency with ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools to build reliable, automated pipelines • Containerization and Orchestration: Strong expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and related technologies for managing microservices • Data and Storage: Advanced understanding of PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), with the ability to design efficient, reliable storage solutions • API and Microservices Architecture: Strong understanding of RESTful, gRPC, or GraphQL APIs, and experience designing scalable microservices architectures • Security and Compliance: Proficiency with secure coding practices, compliance considerations (e.g., GDPR), and authentication/authorization solutions • Performance Optimization: Expertise in optimizing systems for scalability, latency, and performance in high-traffic, high-volume environments Qualifications • Experience: 8–10 years in software engineering, with at least 3–5 years in technical leadership, ideally at a senior or principal engineer level. Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. • Architectural Expertise: Strong track record in designing and implementing complex architectures for distributed systems, with a focus on performance, scalability, and security. • Technical Leadership: Demonstrated success in setting technical direction, guiding large projects, and establishing best practices across teams. Ability to influence and drive architectural decisions that align with business goals. • Strategic Thinking: Skilled at balancing immediate technical requirements with long-term architectural goals, while ensuring alignment with product and company vision. • Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex, multi-system issues, with a focus on optimization and efficiency in high-performance environments. • Collaboration and Communication: Excellent communicator who can work effectively with cross-functional teams, executive stakeholders, and engineering leaders, translating technical decisions and strategies to various audiences. • Mentorship and Development: Proven ability to mentor and guide engineers across multiple levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence within the team. Apply tot his job