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Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

full-time•San Francisco•$160k - $180k

Summary

Location

San Francisco

Salary

$160k - $180k

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

Company links

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About this role

Filevine is forging the future of legal work with cloud-based workflow tools. We have a reputation for intuitive, streamlined technology that helps professionals manage their organization and serve their clients better. We’re also known for our team of extraordinary and passionate professionals who love working together to help organizations thrive. Our success has catapulted Filevine to the forefront of our field—we are ranked as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country by both Deloitte and Inc.


Our Mission

Filevine is building the seamless intersection between legal and business by creating a world- class platform to help professionals scale.


Role Summary:


We’re looking for a senior or staff-level frontend engineer to own core product surfaces across Word and the web app. You’ll set the bar for UI quality, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate closely with design, backend, and AI engineering. You’ll shape the workflows that thousands of legal teams use every day. 


This is a role for someone who wants real ownership, fast iteration cycles, and broad influence inside Filevine’s most technical and user-facing product area.

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Responsibilities
  • Lead development of complex, high-impact product areas across the web app and Word add-in
  • Define and evolve the frontend architecture, component patterns, and design system
  • Own the UX for core workflows like redlining, clause comparison, and playbook creation
  • Work closely with design to set interaction patterns, reduce cognitive load, and ship polished interfaces for non-technical users
  • Collaborate with backend and AI teams to integrate LLM features with predictable, stable UX
  • Raise the engineering bar across performance, accessibility, reliability, and code quality
  • Mentor other engineers and help shape the engineering culture as the team scales
  • Partner with product and founders on roadmap strategy, scoping, and delivery


Qualifications
  • 6+ years of frontend engineering experience with deep expertise in React and TypeScript  
  • Strong architectural instincts and experience building complex, data-heavy, user-facing products  
  • Ability to break down ambiguous problems and drive from concept to shipped solution  
  • Track record of owning large product surfaces end-to-end  
  • High standards for UI polish, edge-case behavior, and accessibility  
  • Comfort working closely with design and product leadership 
  • Bonus: experience with Microsoft Office add-ins, LLM-powered products, or legal tech


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Compensation Information: $160,000 - $180,000 base


The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. The total compensation package for this position will be determined by each individual’s location, qualifications, education, work experience, skills and performance. We believe in the importance of pay equity - the range listed is just one component of Filevine’s total compensation package for employees. This position is also eligible for a paid time off policy, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.


Cool Company Benefits:

- A dynamic, rapidly growing company, focused on helping organizations thrive 

- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)

- Competitive & Fair Pay

- Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)

- Short & long-term disability

- Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team

- Centrally located open office building in Sugar House (onsite employees)

- Top-of-the-line company swag


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Filevine will handle your personal information according to what’s outlined in our Privacy Policy.


Communication about this opportunity, or any open role at Filevine, will only come from representatives with email addresses using "filevine.com". Other addresses reaching out are not affiliated with Filevine and should not be responded to.

What you'll do

  • Lead development of complex product areas across the web app and Word add-in, while defining and evolving the frontend architecture and design system. Collaborate with design and backend teams to ensure a polished user experience and mentor other engineers as the team scales.

About Filevine

Filevine is changing the way legal work gets done for law practitioners and their clients. As the leading legal work platform, Filevine is dedicated to empowering organizations with tools to simplify and elevate complex, high-stakes legal work. Powering everything from document management and client communication to timekeeping, billing, payments, and business analytics, over 125,000 legal professionals use Filevine daily to deliver excellence in every contract, deadline, and result. In 2024, Filevine was named among the fastest-growing companies in the United States according to the Inc 5000, Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and Utah Business Fast 50 lists. Filevine believes in a brighter future where the intersection of legal work, technology and business is made more seamless, transparent, and effortless for all legal professionals and everyone they interact with.

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Filevine offers a competitive compensation package for the Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) role. The salary range is USD 160k - 180k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.

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As a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) at Filevine, you will: lead development of complex product areas across the web app and Word add-in, while defining and evolving the frontend architecture and design system. Collaborate with design and backend teams to ensure a polished user experience and mentor other engineers as the team scales..

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The Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) position at Filevine is based in San Francisco, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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