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Lex machina (a lexisnexis company) | senior software engineer | fully remote
Headquartered in menlo park, ca, lex machina provides legal analytics to law firms and companies, enabling them to craft successful litigation strategies, win cases, and close businessAfter launching in 2011 with a focus on patent litigation, our startup expanded to other areas of intellectual property before being acquired by lexisnexis in 2015Since acquisition we have expanded rapidly to cover many other areas of the law, with the support and stability of our parent company while continuing to operate as a small, tight-knit team.
We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our nlp / algorithms teamThe nlp team is responsible for the quality and accuracy of the data that drives the lex machina productThe team develops and maintains systems that extract entity information from court-filed metadata and pdfs which is then clustered and inter-linked to provide customers a unified view of each attorney, law firm, party, and judge’s activity across all supported courtsIn addition to improving the reliability, performance, and robustness of these systems, this individual will also build new nlp systems that expand and enhance product functionality.
Qualified candidates will have 2+ years of experience in a senior role and should have a strong track record building successful products, with an emphasis on the back-endIdeal candidates will have:
Modern java (version 8 or later) experience developing, debugging, and deploying applications / services
Sql and rdbms design and query experience
Experience and interest in practical performance optimization of polyglot systems
Solid command of unix
Additional experience with the following is preferred but not essential:
Python (including pyramid, sqlalchemy, celery)
Nlp, information extraction, and/or machine learning
Elasticsearch querying
We are a java and python shop, deploying in gce (google compute engine)Our rdbms is postgres and we also have a large elasticsearch clusterEngineers choose their hardware / development environment / tooling, etc.
Compensation is competitive and full benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with matching, short and long term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more.
Additional information:
Lexisnexis, a division of relx group, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by lawIf a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran needs a reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, that individual should please contact accommodations@relx.com or if you are based in the us you may also contact us on 1.855.833.5120.
For more information: www.lexmachina.com
Lexisnexis, a division of relx group, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by lawIf a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran needs a reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, that individual should please contact accommodations@relx.com or if you are based in the us you may also contact us on 1.855.833.5120.
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