Senior Software Engineer (AGC) - Part-Time

key responsibilities include: 

• Technical Ownership: Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex features, ensuring that technical designs are robust, scalable, and aligned with long-term goals. 

• Engineering Excellence: Drive the adoption of high-quality engineering standards, ensuring that software systems are maintainable, secure, and reusable. 

• Design & Implementation: Take an active role in architectural discussions and squad-level technical decisions, advocating for best practices in modern software development. 

• Strategic Influence: Help shape the technical direction of digital initiatives to maximize their impact on the public good. 

• Culture Building: Establish and refine engineering practices and tools that foster a strong, effective, and collaborative engineering culture. 

• Stakeholder & Dependency Management: Independently navigate work-related dependencies and communicate technical concepts effectively to both senior leads and legal domain experts. 

  Roadmapping: Collaborate with leadership to define and update technical plans and infrastructure roadmaps to meet future organizational needs. 

  Technical Requirements 

  • Professional Experience: * At least 7 years of professional experience in software engineering. 

  • Proven track record of building and maintaining large-scale, high-availability software systems. 

  • (Good to have) Experience in public sector, legal, or highly regulated environments is advantageous. 

  • Full-Stack Expertise: Deep experience in modern full-stack web application architecture and development. 

  • Tech Stack: Proficiency in JavaScript Typescript frontend development and TypeScript/Python for AI related back-end development. 

  • GenAI Development: Hands-on experience in Generative AI (GenAI) development, including working with Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG patterns, and building AI-driven features. 

  • Infrastructure & Cloud: 

  • Strong hands-on experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. 

  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform. 

  • DevOps: 

  • Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines exclusively using GitLab CI within the SHIP-HATS ecosystem. 

  Leadership & Soft Skills 

  • Strong Communication: Able to hold your own in conversations with legal professionals, product owners, vendors, and senior leadership. You can present complex findings clearly to non-technical audiences. 

  • Technical Maturity: A strong sense of ownership and the ability to navigate a professional, high-stakes organizational environment. 

  • Comfort with Ambiguity: You create structure where none exists and drive progress without waiting for perfect conditions or complete information. 

  • Mentorship: A collaborative mindset with a passion for coaching junior members and sharing knowledge with the wider team. 

  • Mission-Driven: A genuine commitment to the public good and an interest in the legal and justice sector. 

  Craftsmanship: An uncompromising focus on engineering excellence, performance, and clean, well-documented code.