Associate Technical Lead – Software Engineering (Python)

UniCourt is a leader in making court data more accessible and useful with our Legal Data as a Service (LDaaS). We provide real-time access to court data through our APIs and online app for business development and intelligence, litigation analytics, litigation tracking, case research, investigations, background checks, due diligence, compliance, underwriting, machine learning models, and process automation.

We provide access to court data from state and federal courts to a diverse list of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and AmLaw firms and industries such as legal, insurance, finance, investigations, government, education, nonprofits, and consumers.

UniCourt is a legal technology company focused on using technology to unlock the potential of legal data. We are based in both California and Mangalore, India and our team includes legal professionals, data scientists, physicists, computer engineers, and sales and marketing, professionals.

We are looking for a highly skilled Associate Technical Lead – Software Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of software development experience, to drive the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) while ensuring best practices, performance optimization, and technical excellence. The ideal candidate will take complete ownership of the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of our systems while mentoring team members and enforcing software engineering standards.

Our company creates some of the world’s most cutting-edge software solutions in the legal industry. We solve difficult problems, work on innovative technology, and build world-class platforms for people and enterprises to interact with court records and other public data sets. With some of the best minds in the industry, we’re one of the most sought-after learning and career destinations in the world of legal tech. If you’re looking to work at a company with opportunities to forge your career path in technology, UniCourt is the right place for you. Our customers range from individuals who interact with court records a few hours in a month to enterprise clients who spend several hours every day on our SaaS platform.

• Oversee and enforce SDLC best practices, ensuring proper documentation and adherence to development workflows.
• Mentor and Lead 3+ developers, providing technical support and conducting code reviews.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (Technical Lead and Manager) to finalize design documents, including wireframes, mindmaps, database structures, and pseudocode.
• Design and maintain scalable application architectures, including microservices, cloud infrastructure, and Docker deployments.
• Optimize code performance, security, and maintainability, ensuring high-quality standards.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to enforce best practices, coding standards, and architecture guidelines.
• Support CI/CD processes, DevSecOps practices, and security compliance for smooth deployment.
• Manage technical debt and implement performance optimizations to improve efficiency.
• Execute time bound time-bound Proof-of-Concepts (POCs) with open source frameworks and tech stacks
• Ensure production monitoring, scalability, and resource optimization for deployed applications.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• 5+ years of hands-on Python development experience.
• Mentored and lead at least 2 developers
• Solid understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and development best practices.
• Experience with Python frameworks (Django, Flask) and microservices architecture.
• Strong knowledge of AI Large Language Models (LLMs); familiarity with using API-driven models such as OpenAI and Claude, as well as Open Source models like DeepSeek, Llama, etc. Skilled in prompt engineering to effectively integrate LLM solutions into practical development workflows.
• Obsessed with performance optimization, having a proven background in performance and memory profiling; adept at identifying root causes of performance bottlenecks and implementing effective solutions to significantly improve execution time and resource utilization.
• Highly efficient in building and executing time-bound Proof-of-Concepts (POCs); hands-on experience with multiple technology stacks and Open Source Software (OSS) frameworks to facilitate rapid prototyping and validation of technical solutions.
• Obsessed with improving developer productivity using AI-assisted IDEs; hands-on experience with AI code assistants like GitHub Copilot, Cursor.io, and Windsurf. Demonstrated ability to lead by example and mentor team members in leveraging AI tools to enhance coding efficiency and effectiveness.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience in code optimization and debugging.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.