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About the Role

The Principal Software Engineer shapes and evolves our architecture using Distributed Domain Driven Design practices, ensuring system robustness and scalability. They influence architectural directions and guide teams on best practices and design patterns through project-embedded consultation.

Responsibilities

• Drives the definition and evolution of our architecture using Distributed Domain Driven Design practices.
• Acts as the strategy leader for key Architecture Quality Attributes (e.g., Availability, Performance, Scalability, Securibility) to inform architecture assessments.
• Provides project-embedded architecture consultation to promote best Practices, design patterns, and informed buy vs. build decisions.
• Contributes to the prioritization of platform capability improvements across feature and data platforms.
• Enhances the capture and communication of architecture descriptions through automation and innovative tools.
• Shepherds platform-wide strategies, including naming, protocol standards, and design patterns, to ensure ongoing value creation.
• Communicates complex technical concepts effectively in both written and spoken forms, catering to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to build consensus when necessary, ensuring alignment on architectural decisions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with high volume distributed technical architectures with a high cost of failure, focusing on reliability and availability
• Experience with 'Big Data' technologies such as: ElasticSearch, NoSQL Stores, Kafka, Columnar Databases, DataFlow or Pipeline Systems, Graph DataStores
• Experience with leveraging common infrastructure services like Enterprise Message Bus platforms, configuration services, Toggle management systems, and observability systems like Logging and Distributing Tracing Systems
• Experience with Domain Driven Design concepts and practices such as bounded contexts, event storming, specification by example, etc.
• Experience with design, implementation, and operation of data-intensive, distributed systems
• Ability to design and communicate external and internal architectural perspectives of well-encapsulated systems (e.g. Service Oriented Architecture, Docker-based Services, micro-services) using patterns and tools such as Architecture/Design Patterns and Sequence Diagrams
• Skilled using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with an emphasis on automation tools like Terraform, Jenkins, CodePipeline.
• Knowledge of API / Data Model Design and Implementation, including how to scale out, make highly available, or map to storage systems
• Knowledge of multiple software stacks
• Skilled with designing and operating software in a Cloud Provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge about algorithm development for intensive pipeline processing systems
• Possesses an understanding of how to design and develop from a security perspective
• Possesses an understanding of how to identify, select, and extend 3rd party components (Commercial or Open Source) that provide operational leverage but do not constrain product and engineering creativity
• Experience designing, modifying, and operating multi-tenant systems
• Experience using feature or release toggles as a code branching strategy
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom without sponsorship now or in the future.
• DISCO is not currently sponsoring visas.

Skills

• Distributed Domain Driven Design
• Architecture Leadership
• Architecture Quality Attributes (Availability, Performance, Scalability, Securibility)
• Platform Capability Enhancement
• Effective Communication
• ElasticSearch
• NoSQL Stores
• Kafka
• Columnar Databases
• DataFlow or Pipeline Systems
• Graph DataStores
• Enterprise Message Bus platforms
• Configuration services
• Toggle management systems
• Observability systems (Logging, Distributing Tracing Systems)
• Domain Driven Design concepts
• Bounded contexts
• Event storming
• Specification by example
• Data-intensive, distributed systems
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Docker-based Services
• Micro-services
• Architecture/Design Patterns
• Sequence Diagrams
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Continuous Deployment (CD)
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• CodePipeline
• API / Data Model Design and Implementation
• Cloud Provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Algorithm development
• Security design and development
• 3rd party component selection and extension
• Multi-tenant systems
• Feature or release toggles
• AI tools

Location

• United Kingdom

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Principal
• 15+ years of relevant experience

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary plus discretionary bonus

Benefits

• Medical and dental insurance

About the Company

• 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 fulfill our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law? Join us!

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.