Engineering Manager
Legora is hiring an Engineering Manager in New York, United States. It pays $224k-$303k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Legora.
Level's read on this job
- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Node.js, React and Azure.
- Level classifies it as a lead role.
- Level lists 304 other open roles at Legora.
AI in this role
Leads a team of engineers while building fullstack features and systems for an AI-powered legal platform.
About Us
Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.
Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.
2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.
We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.
Joining Legora means three things.
We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.
We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.
We grow together: as a team and with our customers.
Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.
If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.
About the Role
As an Engineering Manager at Legora, you’ll lead by example—hands-on in the code while guiding a talented team of engineers. You’ll architect and deliver features that make legal professionals’ lives easier, drive technical excellence, and help shape a product used by forward-thinking law firms around the world. This is a role for someone who loves to build, mentor, and scale both people and systems.
What You'll Do
Design and implement end-to-end features across our fullstack platform
Contribute directly to the codebase while supporting the growth of your team
Lead architecture discussions and technical decision-making
Ensure high standards in code quality, security, and performance
Collaborate closely with Product and Design to ship value quickly and reliably
Review code, give feedback, and mentor engineers at all levels
Champion best practices in development, DevOps, and continuous improvement
Work with Node.js, React, Azure, AWS and Kubernetes
Work every day to ensure your team is healthy and efficient
Who You Are
A seasoned fullstack or backend engineer with 1-3 years of leadership experience
Comfortable being hands-on while also setting technical direction
Skilled in building scalable products and owning complex systems end-to-end
Strong communicator who leads with empathy and clarity
Passionate about mentoring others and helping teams grow
Confident working across backend, frontend, and infrastructure
Curious, pragmatic, and always looking for smarter ways to build and deliver
But most importantly, you are someone who:
“Gets stuff done” and understands building a successful company isn’t always glamorous and takes hard work and long hours
Proactively and independently solves the most burning problems
Thrives in a fast-paced environment where the answers aren’t always clear and processes are few
*Candidates will go through the same interview process as software engineering candidates (including a coding task and a technical interview), with additional interview steps at the end designed for the engineering manager role.
*This is a New York City-based, 5-day in-office role, we believe building together in person drives better outcomes.
What’s In It For You
Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients domestically and internationally.
Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.
Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.
In-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders.
Benefits & Perks: We invest in our people with a comprehensive, thoughtfully designed benefits package:
Medical, Dental & VisionMultiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)
Dental plans via MetLife
Vision plans via Vision Care
Family Support
Generous parental leave
Free access to Maven Clinic
Dependent Care FSA
Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
Additional Perks
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Life Insurance + STD/LTD
401(K) with generous company match
Unlimited PTO
Robust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more
Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
How we rate this
Engineering Manager at Legora rates 25 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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