Title: Manager, Software Engineering

Location: St. Louis or Remote

*Juristat does not outsource hiring or work with third-party recruiters. All correspondence related to this position will come from a Juristat hiring manager with a Juristat email address.

This position has a salary range of $140k-$150k/year. We pride ourselves on our positive work culture and DEI initiatives. We offer flexible work times, unlimited PTO, multiple medical/dental/vision insurance plan choices, a 401k, and company-funded equipment.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Juristat is a fully-remote, industry-leading provider of analytics and workflow automation SaaS tools for Intellectual Property lawyers and specialists. Our clients include some of the largest corporations and patent law firms in the world. The people who make up our Engineering team focus their skills and efforts on ensuring integration between stable platform operations and user-facing applications. They work together to guarantee a strong user experience, serving both internal and external customers. 

Our engineering team supports two primary product lines: analytics and workflow automation. Our analytics tool is a web application which allows users at law firms and in-house teams to log in to view visualizations of data about their patent portfolios, examiners, clients, and more. Our workflow automation tools eliminate repetitive tasks for law firm teams and provide deliverables to our clients within 48-72 hours.

ABOUT THE ROLE: 

The software engineering manager at Juristat will be responsible for day-to-day management of our team of software engineers including assigning tasks according to skill/expertise, mentoring and developing the engineering team, researching solutions to technical issues, performing code reviews, and working closely with the product team to prioritize and develop Juristat’s product roadmap. 

As the engineering manager, you will: 

• Manage a team of 5-7 software engineers, including assigning tasks and code reviews.
• Work closely with product management to plan, estimate, and prioritize projects.
• Be both highly technical and an effective people manager.
• Iterate and improve on software development processes and document best practices. 
• Independently research and develop solutions to complex problems.
• Contribute to code development (around 25-50% of time spent independently coding)
• Support and direct engineer professional development plans, through mentorship, continuing education, conference attendance, projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, and work styles.
• Assess engineer performance, through continuous/quarterly/annual reviews, quickly address under-performance, and promote a culture of excellent performance.
• Assist in growing the team by sourcing candidates, interviewing candidates, and onboarding new employees.
• Assist in maintaining technical documentation for internal audiences.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Solid understanding of software development principles and best practices.
• 2 years of people management and/or team leadership experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience performing code reviews and a working knowledge of various programming languages and tools (e.g. AWS, react, node.js, html, css, elasticsearch, SQL, GraphQL, typescript).
• Experience with both frontend and backend web application development. 

WHAT WE OFFER

We enjoy working in a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment. We all agree to follow a code of conduct. Additionally, we show our team members that we value them by offering:

Competitive salary
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Retirement plan with 3% company match
Professional development funding
Unlimited personal leave policy
Fun and flexible office or remote environment

Juristat is an equal opportunity employer. We're excited to work with people no matter their race, color, creed, religion, veteran status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or mental or physical disability.

ABOUT JURISTAT

We believe the key to that success is building a team of self-motivated, curious people who get things done.

We don’t care what you wear to work, what you look like, or if you prefer to work remotely forever. All we care about is that you have an unflinching drive to do your best.

“In 2012, a lawyer, a data scientist, and a software developer walked into a startup event…”

Yes, our beginnings read like the start of a joke. But in bridging the gap between the legal industry and the technology worlds, we were able to build a suite of tools unlike any other on the market.

Obtaining a U.S. patent is a springboard to innovation. But the process can be time-consuming and expensive. Our goal is to remove as much guesswork as possible from the patent application process. And since 2012, law firms and corporate legal teams have trusted Juristat’s data analytics and workflow automation solutions to do just that.

Here at Juristat, we continue to work towards that bold vision for the future of the legal industry. With each new product iteration, we’re one step closer to realizing our mission – to bring more transparency, predictability, and equity to patent prosecution.

We’re obsessed with improvement – in our products, our processes, and ourselves.

As an organization, we thrive in small teams that allow us to be fast and flexible and avoid the bureaucracy that slows growth. We are driven by opportunity and our passion to create change.