Epiq · 1 week ago
Director of Engineering - Epiq AI Labs
Albany, New York Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expEpiq is an innovative company focused on developing next-generation AI platforms for corporate legal departments and global law firms. The Director of Engineering will lead hands-on engineering efforts while mentoring a growing team and defining the engineering culture within Epiq AI Labs.
Document ManagementEdiscoveryInformation TechnologyLegalLegal Tech
No H1B
Responsibilities
Ship high-quality production code weekly
Lead the design and implementation of core backend, full-stack, and AI-adjacent systems
Dive deep into performance, architecture, reliability, and system-level issues
Establish best practices around testing, observability, workflows, and code quality
Serve as technical backbone and unblocker for the engineering team
Ramp up new engineers, helping them become productive quickly
Mentor engineers across levels and help them grow in technical depth and autonomy
Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and architecture sessions
Support and amplify the team’s accomplishments with leadership and cross-functional partners
Scale the team: define roles, run interviews, build hiring pipelines, and onboard candidates
Work closely with researchers, product managers, designers, and leadership
Translate product vision into technical execution plans
Partner with legal experts and clients to understand workflows and turn them into system capabilities
Own delivery for engineering milestones across multiple product surface areas
Qualification
Required
6+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
3+ years of recent experience managing or leading engineers
Experience working at a start-up
Strong technical depth in backend, full-stack, distributed systems, or AI systems
Excellent communicator: clear, organized, proactive, and able to translate between technical and non-technical contexts
Comfort in high-velocity environments with significant ownership
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
Preferred
Experience in a startup or scale-up engineering environment
Experience with large-scale production Python and React codebases
Exposure to ML/AI systems, data pipelines, or agentic architectures
Experience building high-performance teams or coaching senior engineers
Interest or background in legal-tech, enterprise workflows, or knowledge systems
Company
Epiq
Epiq Systems provides legal process outsourcing (LPO) services in the United States and internationally.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2016-07-27Post Ipo Equity
2016-07-27Acquired
1997-02-04IPO
Leadership Team
David Dobson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Brad Scott
President and Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
globallegalchronicle.com
2025-11-15
Epiq Systems Inc
2025-11-10
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