Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Elite is the trusted automation platform for law firm operations across most of the world’s largest and most successful law firms. Elite has guided firms through every technology shift and today delivers the only cloud-native SaaS platform that unifies financial, invoice, time, and data management into a single system of action. With embedded AI, predictive analytics, and integrated payments, Elite’s products enable firms to shorten billing cycles, reduce write-offs, and unlock firm-wide insights, making financial operations the foundation for law firm innovation and growth. Learn more at elite.com.

Position Overview

The Senior Software Engineer is a technical leader responsible for designing scalable systems, driving engineering excellence, and delivering high-impact solutions. This role focuses on cross-team influence, system-wide thinking, and elevating engineering standards

Work Arrangement: ​Remote​

This role requires the individual to be based in ​Flexible across U.S. time zones​.

Responsibilities

- Contribute to system and component‑level architecture design, collaborating with engineers and architects to evaluate options and make sound technical decisions.

- Own end‑to‑end technical execution of key initiatives, from design through delivery, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and dependencies.

- Lead cross-team initiatives and influence platform-level decisions

- Uphold high engineering standards by actively participating in code reviews and applying best practices in CI/CD, testing, observability, and DevOps.

- Partner closely with Product, UX, QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver solutions that meet both functional and non‑functional requirements.

- Lead complex incident response and technical root cause analysis, including on-call participation

- Mentor and support engineers, fostering strong engineering judgment, collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning.

- Remain deeply hands‑on, contributing high‑quality, production‑ready code to critical components and complex problem areas.

- Balance short-term delivery with long-term technical health

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, applying strong diagnostic and problem‑solving skills.

- Support alignment between product priorities and technical execution, contributing to predictable, high‑quality delivery.

- Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives.​

Qualifications

- ​​Bachelor's Degree​ in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

- ​​9–12 years​ of professional software development experience

- Expert-level knowledge of software architecture and system design

- Proven experience delivering large-scale, cloud-based systems

- Proven experience writing test automation at every level to confirm application functionality and performance goals are met