Paradigm offers a suite of legal practice software solutions that help lawyers manage, automate, and grow their firms. More than 50,000 lawyers across 170 countries use our products to shift the paradigm of how they practice law. With four world-class all-in-one legal practice management platforms - PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and LollyLaw - in addition to payments and accounting solutions powered by Headnote and TrustBooks.
Paradigm empowers lawyers across the spectrum of practice area, geography, and business needs. At Paradigm, we are fast-paced, ambitious, and unified by a common vision to build the best legal technology products in the world.
What is the role?
MerusCase offers a versatile, easy-to-use, cloud-based practice management solution for law firms. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our MerusCase team. We are looking for PHP engineers who are interested in modernizing our tech stack to the latest serverless backend technologies along with React UI components.
In this role, you will:
- Develop new software product features and enhancements using SOLID design principles
- Produce clean, efficient, and maintainable code based on specifications
- Collaborate and partner with cross-functional teams such as Product Management and Customer Success to understand their needs and to come up with the best outcome
- Troubleshoot systems and customer issues and help in resolving those by identifying short-term and long-term solutions
- Increase the coverage of unit testing and automate the manual tasks whenever possible
- Actively participate in code reviews and create technical documentation
- Champion and demonstrate the best practices in day-to-day activities
- Lead various technical projects to elevate current products to the next level to handle the upcoming growth
- Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching, and educational opportunities
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- 3+ years' experience developing SaaS and/or eCommerce web applications
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent
- Proficiency with modern multi-paradigm languages; knowledge of PHP (preferred), Ruby, Java, Python, etc.
- Demonstrable experience with ES6 and Typescript
- Knowledge of modern browser-based UI development with frameworks such as React and/or Angular
- Experience of any cloud environment (AWS preferred)
- Experience in a relational database management system (MySQL preferred) and data modeling
- Experience with professional software engineering best practices for the full software development cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Who is the ideal candidate?
- Self-motivated and passionate about learning
- Solid written and verbal communication skills
- Growth mindset, desire to learn and adopt new technologies
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Great team player and able to work efficiently with minimal supervision
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Paid vacation + sick and parental leave
- Remote working flexibility
- Company culture that encourages work / life balance
- 100% paid PPO medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k matching, equity grants
Paradigm offers a suite of legal practice software solutions that help lawyers manage, automate, and grow their firms. More than 50,000 lawyers across 170 countries use our products to shift the paradigm of how they practice law. With four world-class all-in-one legal practice management platforms - PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and LollyLaw - in addition to payments and accounting solutions powered by Headnote and TrustBooks.
Paradigm empowers lawyers across the spectrum of practice area, geography, and business needs. At Paradigm, we are fast-paced, ambitious, and unified by a common vision to build the best legal technology products in the world.
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