Director Of Core Systems
Supio
San Francisco, CA, USA · Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Feb 7, 2026
Director Of Core Systems
Seattle • San Francisco
Software Engineering
In office
Full-time
About Us
Supio is a trusted AI platform purpose-built for law firms, reshaping how data drives impactful outcomes. Our innovative approach blends technology with deep legal expertise, making us a leader in our field. We go beyond surface-level AI to deeply understand our customers’ daily needs, empowering law firms with unparalleled data insights. Supio delivers human-level, accurate analysis of complex data and legal records, quickly and efficiently bringing critical insights when they matter most. Trusted by top litigation lawyers, our platform has supported over $1 billion in settlements.
Headquartered in Seattle with an office in San Francisco, we raised $60M Series B in April 2025 led by Sapphire Ventures with Mayfield and Thomson Reuters Ventures, bringing total funding to $91M. We're scaling rapidly and looking for exceptional talent to join us in this next phase of growth.
We're looking for passionate team members who are motivated by our mission and ready to help us achieve it.
Who we're looking for
As our Director of Core Systems, you’ll own the architecture and evolution of Supio’s backend platform—powering every product, API, and integration that drives our business. You’ll lead multiple teams across data, infrastructure, and backend services, setting the technical vision for a highly scalable, performant, and secure system. You’ll work side-by-side with product and AI research leaders to bring advanced legal intelligence to life.
A bit about you:
- Proven experience leading high-impact backend or infrastructure teams at scale.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, data architecture, and API design.
- Ability to balance architectural rigor with fast-paced delivery in a startup environment.
- Strong track record of technical leadership, including mentoring senior engineers and managers.
- Skilled communicator who can connect engineering strategy to business outcomes.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and scale engineering teams responsible for Supio’s core platform: APIs, data pipelines, integrations, and application infrastructure.
- Define and drive the technical roadmap for performance, scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
- Architect distributed systems that support AI-powered legal applications and data-intensive workflows.
- Partner with AI research and product teams to bring machine learning capabilities to production environments.
- Establish best practices for system observability, data governance, and cloud infrastructure on AWS.
- Mentor and grow engineering leaders, building a culture of technical excellence, speed, and accountability.
- Own delivery and reliability for the backbone of Supio’s platform, ensuring our systems scale with customer demand.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 12+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering management or director-level leadership.
- Deep knowledge of Node.js, Python, TypeScript, and Postgres in AWS cloud environments.
- Experience designing and scaling large-scale SaaS or platform architectures.
- Demonstrated success building infrastructure for AI, data, or developer platforms.
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This role requires you to work onsite at our Seattle headquarters five days a week. Are you able to be in the Seattle office Monday through Friday?
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