6 months ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and innovative software solutions in a SaaS environment.
- Own system design and feature grooming for a subsystem.
- Lead epics and initiatives, provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions.
- Design systems for performance, scalability, reliability, and high availability.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, developers, executives, and other stakeholders to align architecture with business and customer needs.
- Design and operate microservices, distributed data systems, event-driven architectures, cloud services, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Review and improve code quality, optimize systems, solve complex technical problems, and document technical decisions and systems.
- Monitor and debug production subsystems using logging, metrics, and traces, and generate business-level metrics.
Requirements
- 7–10+ years of relevant software development experience, particularly with SaaS or cloud-based applications.
- Experience leading or playing key roles in significant software projects.
- Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes for creating, deploying, and managing containers.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing and deployment for microservices.
- Expertise designing and architecting microservices, distributed data management, and event-driven architectures.
- Knowledge of system architecture, design patterns, software engineering best practices, and the SDLC.
- Experience designing and operating software in cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with cloud-based relational databases, NoSQL stores, and data caches.
- Proficiency with Java/Kotlin, Python, C#, and SaaS software engineering principles.
- Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, HTTP/HTTPS protocols, and API documentation.
- Familiarity with server management, network configurations, and cloud services.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and continuous-improvement skills.
- Preferred experience includes high-availability systems, security-focused development, observability, third-party components, CI/CD testing practices, feature or release toggles, contract-first design, and technical documentation.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom without current or future sponsorship.
Benefits
- Medical and dental insurance
- Discretionary bonus
- RSUs
- Growth opportunities throughout the company
- Open, inclusive, and fun environment
- Work authorization in the United Kingdom is required; visa sponsorship is not available
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureC#CircleCIConsulDockerFlaskGitLab CI/CDGoogle CloudGraphQLgRPCJavaJenkinsKotlinKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonRedisTerraform
About DISCO
DISCO builds a cloud-native, AI-assisted eDiscovery and case management platform for law firms, corporate legal departments, legal service providers, and governments, complemented by professional services such as document review and digital forensics. It sells primarily via SaaS subscriptions with services. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, DISCO is a public company listed on the NYSE.