Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lineal is a global legal technology company transforming how organizations manage legal data through advanced software and AI. They are seeking a Head of Development to lead their global software engineering organization, establishing engineering vision and strategy while mentoring teams to deliver innovative software products at scale.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Lineal's global software engineering organization
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, architects, software engineers, and technical leaders
• Scale the engineering organization while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Provide strategic leadership for Lineal's cloud architecture and engineering strategy in partnership with senior architects and technical leaders
• Lead engineering teams responsible for delivering software across seven global cloud regions
• Partner closely with Product Management and Design to deliver innovative, customer-focused software products
• Establish and continuously improve Lineal's software development lifecycle, engineering standards, and delivery methodologies
• Lead the adoption of AI throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery velocity
• Drive the development of AI-powered products and intelligent platform capabilities
• Lead the development of Lineal's next-generation agentic AI platform supporting our service delivery ecosystem
• Establish engineering standards focused on scalability, reliability, security, maintainability, and performance
• Define and monitor engineering KPIs focused on quality, delivery, operational excellence, reliability, and team effectiveness
• Develop engineering staffing plans, organizational design, and technology roadmap recommendations aligned with company objectives
• Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional engineering talent while building future engineering leaders
• Collaborate with executive leadership to align engineering priorities with the company's strategic vision

Skills

• 10+ years of experience within a software product organization
• 10+ years leading and scaling software engineering teams
• Experience managing multiple levels of engineering leadership
• Deep technical background building modern SaaS and web-based applications
• Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL database architectures
• Experience developing AI-powered software products
• Experience integrating AI tools into the software development lifecycle
• Experience partnering closely with Product Management using customer-centric frameworks such as Jobs to be Done
• Strong understanding of Agile software development, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and modern software engineering practices
• Experience establishing engineering quality standards around scalability, reliability, security, performance, and maintainability
• Experience with Kubernetes, containerized platforms, AWS Lambda, serverless architectures, and modern cloud-native technologies
• Experience leading engineering organizations built around cross-functional autonomous teams such as Pods, Squads, or similar delivery models
• Proven ability to build scalable engineering organizations, platforms, and delivery processes
• Outstanding communication, leadership, and organizational skills
• Experience in Legal Technology, eDiscovery, compliance technology, or enterprise SaaS
• Experience operating globally distributed software platforms across multiple cloud regions
• Experience leading enterprise AI transformation initiatives
• Experience scaling engineering organizations within high-growth technology companies

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