Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering (Developer Experience)

<p>Everlaw is seeking a <strong>Senior Engineering Manager, Platform</strong> to lead teams focused on <strong>developer experience</strong> and <strong>developer productivity</strong>, enabling engineers to ship high-quality software quickly, safely, and at scale. You’ll own roadmaps for internal platforms and tooling (build/test systems, CI/CD, environments, and workflows) and collaborate across the org to deliver measurable efficiency gains.</p> <p>Engineering is the backbone of the Everlaw Platform. We build features and functionality into the product and its supporting cloud infrastructure systems and ensure its smooth functioning. We also provide data and insights to the rest of Everlaw. At our core, we like to build and enjoy the creative process of building software that is smart, that works well, that scales well, and that is reliable and secure. We do this by supporting and empowering our team members to do their best work, by tackling challenging and complex engineering problems and by nurturing and supporting each team member through mentoring, coaching, and comprehensive feedback. </p> <p>Everlaw’s mission is to promote justice by illuminating truth. Our company culture is open and vibrant and we’re committed to the professional growth of our team members, offering an annual learning and development stipend and regular check-ins with managers regarding career goals. If you’re looking for a place that values passion, integrity, thinking big, and a desire to learn, we’d love to hear from you! Think you’re missing some of the skills and are hesitant to apply? We do not believe in the ‘perfect’ candidate and encourage you to apply if you feel you can bring value to our team.</p> <p>This is a full-time position based in our Oakland, California office with a hybrid work schedule: in office M/W/Th with the option to work from home Tu/Fr.</p> <h3>Getting started</h3> <ul> <li><strong>We want you to feel like part of the team early on!</strong> Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals. [And you’ll spend meaningful time getting to know your direct reports and discover what excites and challenges them.]</li> <li><strong>We’re excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away!</strong> We trust that you’ll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1.</li> </ul> <h3>In your role, you'll...</h3> <ul> <li>Lead platform teams that build and evolve core internal platforms and developer tooling—spanning build/test infrastructure, CI/CD, and developer workflows—to improve engineer productivity and time-to-value.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with Engineering Operations, Security Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Design to synthesize requirements and prioritize impactful investments.</li> <li>Drive roadmapping, resourcing, and execution for critical platform areas that make it better and cheaper to develop, test, and release software.</li> <li>Establish and use developer efficiency metrics (e.g., build/test times, deploy lead time, change failure rate) to identify bottlenecks and plan ambitious improvements to workflows.</li> <li>Ensure operational excellence for platform services and tooling with clear SLOs, robust observability, and incident/bug management practices.</li> <li>Coach and develop engineers and leads; provide actionable feedback, elevate technical execution, and foster an inclusive, high-accountability culture.</li> <li>Partner with Engineering Operations to improve processes for alignment, goal setting, empowerment, and cross-team execution across Engineering.</li> <li>Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, adjusting altitude from strategy to technical deep dives as needed.</li> </ul> <h3>About you</h3> <ul> <li>You have at least 5 years as a senior engineer building developer productivity ... (truncated, view full listing at source)