Lead Software Engineer - Orchestration AI

Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people's lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

We are looking for an experienced full-stack developer with a particular focus on back-end development while still taking on front-end tasks. Our team was originally part of Lexion and recently acquired by Docusign. We offer the best of both worlds: a startup small company feel, with the resources and backing of Docusign. You will be joining a team focusing on leveraging Lexion's best-in-class AI to build features and products for Docusign's large customer base. Some of your top priorities will be focusing on highly scalable and highly available microservices while at the same time building the user facing functionality.

This position is an individual contributor role reporting to Sr. Director, Engineering.

Responsibility

• Perform development tasks as key contributor by consistently delivering complex engineering projects
• Articulate clear Software Engineering strategies, plans, goals and objectives across multiple Engineering domains, projects and teams, including cross-functional partners
• Guide and mentor other engineers through all facets of engineering and product building
• Identify, propose, and implement process improvements to continuously increase the teams productivity and efficiency
• Stay current with the latest development best practices and share your findings with the team
• Take full ownership of some of our components, from development to testing to performance tuning
• Raise issues proactively that might impact delivery commitments
• Lead self and others through new concept development and implementation
• Contribute to and drive a culture of building scalable and highly available systems
• Research new features and technologies
• Think about how to solve problems in scale and build fault tolerant systems
• Lead troubleshooting and remediation quickly during high severity incidents
• Deliver on the most complex and foundational layers of design and code
• Responsible for sharing and adoption of best practices for performance and availability for one or more functional area

Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

Basic

• Minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years related experience with a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience.
• Back end development experience
• Experience in modern server-side development using modern programming languages like .NET (our preferred platform), JVM (Java/Scala), NodeJS, or others
• Experience with NoSQL and SQL
• Experience with Docker or other containerization technologies
• Experience working with scalable microservices
• Experience making improvements to existing large code base
• Experience using Git or other version control systems
• Fluency in English both verbal and written

Preferred

• Passion for new technologies
• Experience working for a SaaS company
• Experience working independently and in team environment as needed
• A track record of being a self-starter - individual/team responsibility is our main driver in the development work
• Experience with React/Typescript
• Practical experience with any Cloud technologies: Azure, Kubernetes, AWS, etc
• Experience in designing and implementing RPC protocols
• Strong interest or documented experience in large scale microservice architectures
• Focus on writing high quality code that is easy to maintain and read by others
• Strong understanding and experience in agile methodologies

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $171,500.00 - $277,025.00 base salary

Washington and New York (including NYC metro area): $164,800.00 - $242,225.00 base salary

This role is also eligible for bonus, equity and benefits.

Global benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Working here

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what's right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you'll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at accommodations@docusign.com.

If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at taops@docusign.com for assistance.

Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice

This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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