Staff Software Engineer - Documents

What You’ll Do

We’re seeking a Staff Software Engineer who’s passionate about building robust backend systems and scalable cloud solutions. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in developing cutting-edge products that enhance how our clients work—both behind the scenes and through intuitive, user-facing experiences.

As part of a forward-thinking engineering team, you’ll architect and deliver modern microservices and production-grade platforms that support our evolving PaaS offerings. Your work will be instrumental in enabling AI capabilities across our platform through backend services and infrastructure. You’ll also help shape the technical direction of our solutions, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability in the cloud.

This is a hands-on coding role—expect to spend about 90% of your time coding and 10% mentoring others.

You will:

Problem Solving Ownership

• Frame and clarify ambiguous problems, driving from concept through production operation.

• Make sound technical decisions by weighing trade-offs and articulating reasoning that stands the test of time.

• Take full ownership of initiatives from idea to operational excellence.

• Resolve complex technical challenges with minimal guidance.

Design and Develop Scalable Systems

• Build new applications and services using technologies like C#, microservices architecture, and AWS.

• Architect and implement cloud-based solutions balancing reliability, maintainability, performance, and cost.

• Develop platform services that enable AI capabilities across our document management ecosystem.

• Maintain, optimize, and extend existing applications independently.

• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into reliable software solutions.

Testing, Deployment System Optimization

• Design and build well-tested, reliable systems emphasizing long-term maintainability and operational excellence.

• Test and validate new features across diverse environments.

• Monitor and optimize platform performance.

• Implement logging and telemetry to proactively triage and harden application performance.

• Define and implement system specifications, standards, and guidelines.

Collaboration, Mentorship Team Growth

• Write clear, well-structured, documented code.

• Estimate, plan, and track development work through user stories and tasks.

• Collaborate with Staff, Principal, and Distinguished Engineers to design and build scalable solutions.

• Partner closely with Product Management and Product Design.

• Mentor and support engineers; contribute to hiring and team development.

• Share knowledge of tools, techniques, and best practices.

Continuous Learning Innovation

• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and techniques, especially in open-source technologies.

• Research and validate new ideas through POCs and proofs of technology.

• Analyze systems and recommend improvements to processes and tools.

• Contribute to a secure, confidential development environment.

What You’ll Need to be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field—or equivalent experience.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.

• 2+ years leading or mentoring a team of 5+ engineers.

• Proficiency in C# / .NET and microservices architecture.

• Experience in backend or platform engineering, including breaking up monoliths and domain-driven design.

• Strong AWS public cloud experience (especially S3).

• Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or DocumentDB.

• Understanding of event-driven architecture and distributed systems.

• Strong grasp of logging and telemetry for monitoring system health.

• Experience with B2B SaaS products.

• Proven ability to collaborate with Product teams to create and refine user stories.

• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.

What You’ll Love About NetDocuments

• The People!

• 90% healthcare premiums company covered

• HSA company contribution

• 401K match at 4% with immediate vesting

• Flexible PTO (typically 3 to 4 weeks a year)

• 10 paid holidays

• Monthly contributions for life activities wellness

• Access to LinkedIn learning with monthly dedicated time to explore

Compensation Transparency

The compensation range for this position is: $170,000 - $190,000

The posted cash compensation for this position includes on target earnings. Some roles may qualify for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are determined based on various factors specific to each candidate, such as career level, skills, experience, geographic location, qualifications, and other job-related considerations.