Principal Software Engineer

Company: LegalZoom
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

About LegalZoom
We're here to make legal help accessible to all. LegalZoom transformed the legal industry with the launch of our online services and groundbreaking technology in 2001. Since then, millions of customers have counted on us to officially start and run businesses, protect brands and intellectual property, and look after loved ones through wills and trusts.
As the industry leader for over 20 years, innovation remains at the center of all we do. We're creative thinkers and problem solvers with a passion for building legal and tax products that make a positive impact on the world, and we're always looking for exceptional people to push us further.
With us, you'll do work that's as rewarding as it is challenging with a team where every voice matters and diversity, equality, and inclusion are truly embraced. Together, we'll continue to democratize the law and make a real difference in the lives of millions.
Overview
LegalZoom is looking for talented, passionate, and driven Senior and Principal Engineers to join the Fulfillment team and help support our mission of 'Democratizing Law'. The Fulfillment team has a direct impact on revenue. You will be ensuring that each customer receives their personalized request by building event-driven, low-latency solutions to challenging technical problems.
You will
Design, build, and maintain large-scale job pipelines and services.
Develop and define the platform for the next generation Fulfillment solutions
Analyze and correct Production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Work collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product, and data science partners
Help improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
You have
Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
7+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
Excellent abilities in Java, C++, Kotlin, or other high-level object-oriented language.
Experience designing and implementing complex applications.
Demonstrated ability to rapidly prototype proof of concept code.
Fluency with Docker and Kubernetes.
Ability to write SQL for relational databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, and MS SQL.
Familiarity with document, column, and cache solutions such as Couchbase, MongoDB, Redis, Solr, or ElasticSearch.
Experience writing event-processing distributed event-based or publisher/subscriber programming patterns with systems such as Kafka, RabitMQ, Apache Storm.
Experience with public cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Proven ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly and succinctly to fellow engineers both verbally and in writing.
The ideal candidate should have a strong background in computer science concepts and system design, a track record of shipping highly scalable applications, and experience shipping containerized workloads on public cloud infrastructure. Previous experience with Kotlin in a Production environment a plus.
Please note: We have multiple openings for a variety of levels of experience across our engineering team.

Join us in making a difference as we build our future and help ensure access to professional legal advice to all! LegalZoom is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion , and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment . LegalZoom prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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