Engineer, DevOps

Your Impact

The Software Engineer III (DevOps) is an experienced engineer that handles complex tasks and contributes significantly to their team's goals. They lead small projects or components, while building feature sets and capabilities that are well-crafted and follow Architecture Quality Attributes.

What You'll Do

• Advanced Software Development: Contributes significantly to the development and implementation of complicated software solutions, ensuring functionality, scalability, testability and reliability.
• Start helping with System Design.
• Experience in playing key roles (for example: development, testing, design, product interfacing, etc.) in significant software projects, showing an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Involvement in developing and maintaining large-scale, high-availability software systems.
• Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers for efficient, language-agnostic service-to-service communication.
• Experience selecting and extending 3rd party components (commercial or open source) that provide operational leverage.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with an emphasis on a well-maintained testing pyramid.
• Experience using feature or release toggles as a code branching strategy.
• Experience with Contract-first designing and negotiating with other systems (UI or Backend).

Even Better If You Have...

• Practical understanding of microservices design patterns and principles, with experience in developing microservices using containerized tools like Docker.
• Understand how to design and develop from a Security Perspective.
• Knowledge of system architecture, design patterns, and best practices in software development.
• Strong skills with designing and operating software in a Cloud Provider, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong skills with cloud-based data storage, such as: Relational Databases, NoSQL Stores, data caches, etc.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and practices.
• Excellent analytical abilities and problem-solving skills, capable of addressing complex technical challenges.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and methodologies, and a mindset geared towards innovation and continuous improvement.
• Strong and effective communication and teamwork skills, essential for working in a dynamic and collaborative environment with various stakeholders and team members.
• Strong skills in programming languages and frameworks commonly used in SaaS development, in particular, Java/Kotlin, Python, C#.
• Strong skills in designing and developing APIs, basic understanding of HTTP/HTTPS protocols, and proficiency in API documentation.
• Familiarity with server management, network configurations, and an understanding of cloud services (like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Knowledge of various stages of the SDLC, including design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Knowledge of how to contribute to technical documentation.

Perks of DISCO

• Open, inclusive, and fun environment.
• Competitive salary plus discretionary bonus.
• Opportunity to be a part of a startup that is revolutionising the legal industry.
• Growth opportunities throughout the company.

About DISCO

DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters. At DISCO, we believe AI is a core enabler of how work gets done. All employees are expected to proactively adopt and responsibly use AI tools to drive efficiency, improve outcomes, and continuously evolve how they operate in their role.

Are you ready to help us fulfil our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law? Join us! We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.