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WHY JOIN SERENGETI?


Serengeti offers an opportunity to join an established leader in the legal software market with one of the most recognized and fastest growing platforms in the industry. With thousands of corporate and law firm users connected, Tracker is emerging as the premier network for managing legal work over the Internet.

Serengeti enjoys an extremely loyal customer base from Fortune 50s to Small Caps. We have achieved our success by listening to our customers and including feature requests, streamlining the training and implementation process, and providing responsive customer service. It is therefore important that new team members have significant experience in the technology or legal profession, including leadership roles in their area of expertise. As a member of the team you will receive a competitive compensation and benefits package as well as the opportunity to develop solutions that will help some of the world's largest corporations better manage their work with outside counsel.


Current Job openings


           ■ Program Manager
 
           ■ Software Engineer

 

Program Manager
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Job Summary

Serengeti is seeking an experienced Program Manager to conceptualize, manage and define the functional design specifications that will be used by the Serengeti development team to add new features to Serengeti Tracker. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about writing excellent functional design documentation, and works well with all team members.

Responsibilities:
  • Work across multiple groups to translate customer requirements into product features
  • Write functional design specifications and other documentation of new Serengeti Tracker features, which will be used by Serengeti’s development team
  • Organize Serengeti's internal product documentation for product management and the development teams, and make it accessible and useful to everyone at Serengeti
  • Organize existing documents, identify documentation holes and spearhead efforts to fill them in
  • Create as well as execute unit and integration test plans

Qualifications:

  • Proven track record of researching and writing the very best functional design documentation
  • Proven self-starter
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
  • Passionate about learning and documenting new technologies
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (Software Development background is a plus, but not required)
  • Strong combination of business acumen, technical knowledge, and strategic perspective
  • Able to balance business and product interests of the company
  • Familiarity with highly interactive, web-based business products
  • Strong product/project management skills in a web-based environment
  • Proven experience managing complex projects across multiple groups to successful completion

Job Benefits
A position with Serengeti Law offers unrivaled benefits that include a competitive salary, 100% company-paid health insurance premiums for employee, spouse, and dependents, matching 401(k) plan (after 6 months), performance and profit sharing bonuses (after 1 year), employer funded health care reimbursement account (after 1 year), 2 weeks paid vacation (3 after 2 years).

In addition, our progressive approach to the workplace structure and use of communication technology tools enables the software engineering position to be virtually full-time telecommuting. In fact, the selected candidates will be expected to have access to a suitable home office environment during regular work hours. Further information regarding Serengeti Law’s telecommuting policies and assistance provided to telecommuters will be made available.

How to Apply
If you would like to apply for this job we encourage you to provide a resume to the following address: PMjobs@SerengetiLaw.com


SOFTWARE ENGINEER
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Job Summary

Serengeti recognizes that a core factor to our ongoing success is to continue to search for the brightest software developers, those who are passionate about building great software, and who enjoy the challenges presented in doing so. At this time we are specifically hiring entry and mid-level Software Engineers with industry experience ranging anywhere from zero to approximately four years. The job responsibilities involve web application development using the Microsoft .NET Framework. The position also offers the benefit of full-time telecommuting. If you are a person who enjoys building great software, are a self-motivated, self-disciplined individual with a strong work ethic, and one who relishes the challenge of building cutting-edge software, then this job is a match for you.

Specific Job Responsibilities
  • Create and develop software solutions using Microsoft’s .NET framework, C#, HTML, and other technologies.
  • Contribute to the enhancement of the product’s frameworks and tools.
  • Create and execute unit, integration and performance test plans, both manual and automated.
  • Provide ongoing support and maintenance of production software.
  • Attend regular, periodic developer team meetings at various locations around the greater Chicago metropolitan area
  • Attend occasional meetings at the corporate office in Bellevue, Washington

Required Technical Training and Skills

  • BS in Computer Science or related is required.
  • Competence in object-oriented design and development, using languages such as C++, C#, or Java
  • Knowledge of relational database design concepts and SQL
  • Knowledge of web languages including HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, and CSS

Preferred Skills (not required):

  • Programming experience with Microsoft’s .NET framework (preferred) or J2EE
  • DBMS experience, such as MS SQL Server (preferred), Oracle, or other
  • Experience with NUnit, AJAX, XML, Web Services
  • Familiarity with the following: data structures, code optimization, code re-factoring, design patterns, multi-tiered architectures, database and query optimization, stateless server farm architecture, data conversion, software security, report development, and automated unit testing.

Must Have Personal Characteristics

  •  A strong interest and passion for designing and developing great software.
  •  A quick, independent and self-motivated learner.
  •  A strong sense of responsibility, personal self-discipline, and ability to work independently.
  •  A willingness to both contribute and to learn.
  •  Excellent work ethic.
  •  Excellent and creative problem solving skills.
  •  Ability to manage time and tasks with little supervision.

Job Benefits
A position with Serengeti Law offers unrivaled benefits that include a competitive salary, 100% company-paid health insurance premiums for employee, spouse, and dependents, matching 401(k) plan (after 6 months), performance and profit sharing bonuses (after 1 year), employer funded health care reimbursement account (after 1 year), 2 weeks paid vacation (3 after 2 years).

In addition, our progressive approach to the workplace structure and use of communication technology tools enables the software engineering position to be virtually full-time telecommuting. In fact, the selected candidates will be expected to have access to a suitable home office environment during regular work hours. Further information regarding Serengeti Law’s telecommuting policies and assistance provided to telecommuters will be made available.

Company and Product Background
Legal Systems Holding Company is a privately held corporation doing business as Serengeti Law. We are an Application Service Provider (ASP) whose service, Serengeti Tracker, has earned unprecedented acceptance for a new technology in the legal profession. Since its release in the fall of 2001, over 78,000 in-house counsel and outside firm users in more than 160 countries have come together to work on Serengeti Tracker. Tracker is a web application that allows corporate law departments to efficiently track and manage legal matters, connect to their outside counsel, and to electronically receive invoices, status reports, budgets, key dates, and documents. In separate surveys conducted by several major independent industry organizations, Serengeti Tracker has consistently achieved the highest overall ratings. Serengeti Law’s steady and continued growth since its inception reflects both the product’s market opportunity and the company’s success in delivering this solution to that market. And unlike most legal technology vendors, we are profitable, have no debt, and have no parent company or outside investors who could disrupt funding or distract us from our mission. From small caps to more than 100 of the Fortune 1000, a broad spectrum of companies use Serengeti Tracker for their legal matter management and electronic billing, including  Nike, Amazon.com, eBay, Clear Channel, Lucent, Owens Corning, and Stanford University.

How to Apply
If you would like to apply for this job we encourage you to provide a resume to the following address: DeveloperJobs@serengetilaw.com

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