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# Principal Software Engineer - UK (Remote) at DISCO

- **Company:** DISCO
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-06-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://www.csdisco.com/careers-listing?gh_jid=8603728002

## Job description

## Your Impact

The Principal Software Engineer shapes and evolves our architecture using Distributed Domain Driven Design practices, ultimately ensuring the robustness and scalability of our systems. They influence architectural directions, and through project-embedded consultation. They guide teams to leverage best practices and design patterns.

## What You'll Do

● Architecture Leadership: Drives the definition and evolution of our architecture using Distributed Domain Driven Design practices. Acts as the strategy leader for key Architecture Quality Attributes (e.g., Availability, Performance, Scalability, Securibility) to inform architecture assessments. Provides project-embedded architecture consultation to promote best Practices, design patterns, and informed buy vs. build decisions. ● Platform Capability Enhancement: Contributes to the prioritization of platform capability improvements across feature and data platforms. Enhances the capture and communication of architecture descriptions through automation and innovative tools. Shepherds platform-wide strategies, including naming, protocol standards, and design patterns, to ensure ongoing value creation. ● Effective Communication: Communicates complex technical concepts effectively in both written and spoken forms, catering to both technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborates with stakeholders to build consensus when necessary, ensuring alignment on architectural decisions.

## Who You Are

● 15+ years of relevant experience ● Experience with high volume distributed technical architectures with a high cost of failure, i.e. focus on reliability and availability ● Experience with some amount of ‘Big Data’ technologies such as: ElasticSearch, NoSQL Stores, Kafka, Columnar Databases, DataFlow or Pipeline Systems, Graph DataStores ● Experience with leveraging common infrastructure services like Enterprise Message Bus platforms, configuration services, Toggle management systems, and observability systems like Logging and Distributing Tracing Systems ● Experience with Domain Driven Design concepts and practices such as bounded contexts, event storming, specification by example, etc. ● Experience with design, implementation, and operation of data-intensive, distributed systems ● Ability to design and communicate external and internal architectural perspectives of well-encapsulated systems (e.g. Service Oriented Architecture, Docker-based Services, micro-services) using patterns and tools such as Architecture/Design Patterns and Sequence Diagrams ● Skilled using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with an emphasis on automation tools like Terraform, Jenkins, CodePipeline. ● Knowledge of API / Data Model Design and Implementation, including how to scale out, make highly available, or map to storage systems ● Knowledge of multiple software stacks ● Skilled with designing and operating software in a Cloud Provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP ● Knowledge about algorithm development for intensive pipeline processing systems ● Possesses an understanding of how to design and develop from a security perspective ● Possesses an understanding of how to identify, select, and extend 3rd party components (Commercial or Open Source) that provide operational leverage but do not constrain product and engineering creativity

Even Better If You Have...

● Experience designing, modifying, and operating multi-tenant systems ● Experience using feature or release toggles as a code branching strategy

Authorization to Work in the U.K.: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United Kingdom without sponsorship now or in the future. DISCO is not currently sponsoring visas.

## Perks of DISCO

- Open, inclusive, and fun environment
- Benefits, including medical and dental insurance
- Competitive salary plus discretionary bonus
- Opportunity to be a part of a startup that is revolutionizing the legal industry
- Growth opportunities throughout the company

## About DISCO

DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters.

At DISCO, we believe AI is a core enabler of how work gets done. All employees are expected to proactively adopt and responsibly use AI tools to drive efficiency, improve outcomes, and continuously evolve how they operate in their role.

Are you ready to help us fulfill our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law? Join us!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

## About DISCO

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: DISCO provides a cloud-native, AI-powered platform and expert professional services for eDiscovery and litigation management, helping law firms and corporations manage complex legal matters.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: LAW)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, USA
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Eric Friedrichsen (CEO) and others

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Legal Technology (LegalTech) / eDiscovery
- **Target customers**: Law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We're with you in every case." The company focuses on using technology to transform the practice of law, helping legal professionals get to smarter outcomes faster.

## Products & Services
- **DISCO Ediscovery**: A cloud-native, AI-powered eDiscovery platform for preserving, collecting, reviewing, and producing electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation and investigations.
- **Cecilia**: A generative AI chatbot and investigation tool built for lawyers, allowing them to ask questions and get answers from case documents.
- **Auto Review**: Generative AI-powered document review software designed to transform and accelerate the document review process.
- **Case Builder**: A cloud-based case strategy and deposition review platform that automates repetitive tasks.
- **Timelines**: A tool to create and update legal chronologies quickly with the help of AI.
- **Hold**: A module for legal hold management, including data preservation, custodian notification, and tracking with a defensible audit trail.
- **Enterprise Managed Services**: End-to-end eDiscovery services including forensic services, collections, and managed document review, backed by a team of expert litigation support professionals.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: As of July 2025, DISCO has a market capitalization of approximately $1.2 billion (publicly traded on NYSE: LAW).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue (Public): For the fiscal year 2024, DISCO reported total revenue of $148.5 million, representing 14% year-over-year growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: As a public company, major institutional investors include entities like BlackRock, Vanguard, and other large asset managers. Key partners include major law firms and corporations globally.
- **Growth Signals**: DISCO is investing heavily in generative AI (Cecilia, Auto Review) to differentiate its platform. The company has expanded its global footprint with offices in Austin (HQ), New York, London, and New Delhi. It continues to grow its customer base among top law firms and corporate legal departments.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-First Platform**: DISCO has deeply integrated generative AI (Cecilia, Auto Review) into its core eDiscovery workflow, offering a significant efficiency advantage over legacy competitors.
- **Cloud-Native Architecture**: The platform is built entirely in the cloud, offering scalability, security, and ease of use that legacy on-premise solutions cannot match.
- **End-to-End Offering**: Combines cutting-edge software with expert professional services (forensics, managed review), creating a "one-stop shop" for litigation support.
- **Purpose-Built for Litigation**: Unlike general-purpose AI tools, DISCO's AI is trained and designed specifically for the legal domain, making it more accurate and defensible for legal workflows.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Leadership**: DISCO is aggressively investing in generative AI to automate core litigation tasks (document review, chronology creation, fact investigation), aiming to make its platform indispensable.
- **Platform Expansion**: The company is expanding its suite of tools beyond traditional eDiscovery into case strategy and deposition review (Case Builder, Timelines).
- **Global Growth**: DISCO is expanding its international presence, particularly through its London and New Delhi offices, to serve a global client base.
- **Customer Success**: The company emphasizes a "partner" model, blending technology with expert professional services to ensure customer success and retention.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: DISCO emphasizes a culture of belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Core values include "Team Excellence," "A Collaborative Workplace," "Community Impact," and "Continuous Learning."
- **Work Model**: The company supports a hybrid/remote-friendly environment, with many roles listed as "Remote" or based in offices in Austin, New York, London, and New Delhi.
- **Perks**: Benefits include competitive base salary, medical/dental/vision insurance, and open PTO. The company describes its culture as a "start-up culture" with growth opportunities.
- **Engineering Culture**: DISCO is at the forefront of applying AI (including generative AI) to legal workflows, offering engineers and product teams the chance to work on cutting-edge technology in a high-stakes domain.
- **Social Impact**: The company runs programs like DISCO Pro Bono, DISCO for Schools, and DISCO Cares, allowing employees to give back to their communities.

## Sources
1. [csdisco.com](https://csdisco.com/company/about-us)
2. [csdisco.com](https://csdisco.com/)
3. [csdisco.com](https://csdisco.com/careers)
4. [ir.csdisco.com](https://ir.csdisco.com/overview/default.aspx)

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