Senior Director, Software Engineering - Data and AI Platforms

Overview

Lead Epiq’s Software Engineering function for Data & AI Platforms, reporting to the CTO and partnering with Product, Operations, and AI/ML teams. Set the platform vision while remaining hands-on and leading a team of 80–100 people primarily in India.

What you'll do

• Lead software development and data integration initiatives for the Epiq Service Cloud.
• Build data foundations for AI and GenAI capabilities, including pipelines, feature stores, vector search, and RAG-ready datasets.
• Architect reliable, scalable APIs, services, event-driven systems, and microservices.
• Guide data integrity, governance, lineage tracking, and PII/PHI handling.
• Partner with Product and Data Science teams on analytics, model evaluation, and production monitoring.
• Lead and grow distributed engineering teams across India and global time zones.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 15–20 years of technology leadership experience.
• At least 5 years leading teams that build data platforms.
• Hands-on software engineering experience with Python, Scala, or Java.
• Experience with AWS or Azure data integration technologies and ETL/ELT or streaming architectures.
• Experience with large-scale data platforms and distributed computing such as Spark or Snowflake.
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, security, and Agile development.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience implementing end-to-end machine-learning models.
• Exposure to GenAI or LLM systems, including RAG and vector search.
• Legal industry or legal technology experience.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• Hybrid work model requiring office premises attendance.