What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Engineer position at Dovel & Luner LLP?
Company Description
Dovel & Luner is a law firm that specializes in high-stakes contingency fee, class action, and mass tort litigation. Based in Santa Monica, CA, Dovel & Luner offers a results-driven environment dedicated to excellence. Learn more at www.dovel.com.
Role Description
We are a fast-moving litigation firm seeking a full-time, hands-on Systems Engineer to own the full technology and operations infrastructure of the firm. This is a high-impact, defining role for someone who sees a law firm the way an engineer sees a system: full of inefficiency waiting to be eliminated, data waiting to be connected, and workflows waiting to be automated.
You will be responsible for transforming how the firm collects, integrates, and uses data — building real-time dashboards for leadership, eliminating redundant data entry across platforms, and ensuring that every software system works in concert. You will also own the technology stack for our Mass Tort practice, from intake automation to settlement processing.
This role reports directly to firm leadership and has broad authority to evaluate, replace, and implement systems and vendors.
Qualifications
- Proven experience managing and integrating complex software ecosystems, ideally in a professional services environment
- Strong command of workflow automation tools and cloud-based infrastructure
- Experience with legal tech platforms (FileVine, Lead Docket, LeanLaw, or comparable systems) preferred
- Ability to think in systems: you see data flows, failure points, and optimization opportunities others miss
- Comfortable owning vendor relationships and negotiating accountability
- Security-minded, with working knowledge of HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity best practices
- Strong communicator who can translate technical decisions for non-technical leadership
- Bias toward action and continuous improvement — you don’t wait for perfect; you iterate
Why This Role
This is not a maintenance job. You will have real authority to reshape how a litigation firm operates — replacing legacy systems, building new infrastructure, and deploying AI in ways that genuinely change how people work. Lawyers will practice law. Staff will do their best work. And you’ll have built the system that made it possible.
Dovel & Luner is an equal opportunity employer. $120,000 to $150,000 base salary, depending on experience.
Salary : $120,000 - $150,000