Software Engineer

About us:

Johnson Law Group is an international law firm specializing in general civil litigation and has recovered more than $1 billion for our clients. In addition to our legal and operations teams, JLG has a small team that builds software to run our law firm. Most law firms don’t write software, but we see the vertical integration of legal expertise and software as a key competitive advantage. We have ambitious plans to create a truly amazing digital experience to help individuals dealing with a range of injuries, harms, and legal disputes.

We operate like a startup that already has a massive base of clients, so we have strong intuitions on what to build to create a software-powered law firm that will enable us to provide the best experience to our legal clients and unlock further scale. That includes both client-facing applications across a range of claim types (e.g., client communication portal) and internal applications that enhance how our legal staff operate (e.g., medical record review tooling and automation).

In Sep 2024, we had our initial launch of our UK client portal. Near-term priorities include 1) building new features for our client portal, 2) expanding use cases to both similar and entirely new legal case types (e.g., personal injury), and 3) starting work on a record review application to power our team of record review analysts.

We are seeking a Software Engineer to continue and accelerate the development of our client portal, envision creative new features, and begin development of additional projects on our roadmap.

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you are passionate about building great UX, want to take all your technical experience and apply it to a green field domain, and would be excited to be an early team member of a nascent group that will grow into a significant part of the wider law firm.

Existing Tech Stack:

Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Tailwind CSS, Hotwire, Svelte, Heroku, Salesforce.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Collaborate with Product Manager and other engineers to develop and execute the product roadmap

Own feature development from design through deployment and into operation, shipping often to get actionable feedback from the team and users

Help lead and scale the Engineering team. Establish culture, norms and best practices

Work on and oversee all parts of the system, including backend, frontend, and dev-ops

What we’re looking for:

Extensive experience with Ruby on Rails

Experience with React, Svelte, Vue, or another component-based JavaScript framework

Expertise in designing and building cloud-native architectures on Heroku (or similar)

Strong API integration experience

Passion to create truly delightful experiences

Nice to haves:

Work on a consumer facing app with tens of thousands of users

Experience with Salesforce development or APIs

Experience with document (PDFs, images) reading / data extraction

Experience within regulated industries like Legal, Healthcare (HIPAA compliance), and/or Fintech

Keen interest in generative AI and its potential applications, both internal and consumer-facing

Benefits:

Comprehensive insurance: medical, dental, vision, life, disability

401k matching program

3 weeks PTO

10 paid holidays

This is a remote position with opportunities to visit the Houston office to spend time with the team in person.