Group Manager, Engineering

Company: LegalZoom
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Description ?? About LegalZoom LegalZoom is on a mission to help people navigate the legal system with confidence and clarity. As a leader in online legal services for over 25 years, we combine technology, attorney-led solutions, and expertise to protect the aspirations, lives, and legacies of millions of customers. If you’re ready to contribute to a collaborative, diverse, and distributed group of creative thinkers and problem-solvers, we can’t wait to meet you. This is a hybrid position that must be located in the Mountain View CA area. Expect 2 days a week onsite. Overview Most legal decisions that shape someone's life: starting a business, protecting a family, securing an asset, still happen without any expert guidance. We're changing that. At LegalZoom, we're building a new category of AI-powered legal experience, and this role is a founding leadership position in that effort. You'll be the engineering leader shaping how millions of people get real, intelligent help navigating the legal system, not maintaining a product, but inventing one. You will own a significant engineering workstream in our SF Bay Area hub, partnering closely with Product, Design, Data, and AI Enablement to ship high-quality, reliable AI applications that are deeply embedded in our core DIY and DIFM products. Your team will blend strong full-stack engineering with modern AI capabilities to deliver intuitive, safe, and measurable AI app experiences end-to-end. You will Build Design, build, and operate customer-facing AI applications , conversational flows, copilots, and embedded assistants across web and mobile. Own end-to-end delivery of agentic workflows, from problem framing through architecture, implementation, and production operations. Set and uphold high engineering standards for code quality, system design, performance, and security , especially for workflows that act on behalf of users. Ship Partner with Product and Design to define roadmaps, scope, and success metrics for AI-powered features , balancing speed with safety, reliability, and legal/financial regulatory constraints. Drive experimentation and use data to validate impact, inform tradeoffs, and remove blockers that slow delivery. Bring a builder's mindset: you're comfortable with ambiguity, move fast when the path is unclear, and treat your team's work like your own product. Lead Develop and mentor engineers and senior engineers , coaching with clear frameworks, setting high expectations, and fostering a culture of ownership and psychological safety. Staff the right people on the highest-impact initiatives, balancing technical depth, stakeholder management, and delivery skills. Champion a diverse, inclusive, high-performing engineering culture across the SF Bay Area and distributed teams. Influence Partner with AI Enablement and Data teams to build on shared platforms , agent orchestration, RAG pipelines, safety/eval harnesses , rather than bespoke one-offs. Drive cross-functional alignment with Engineering, Product, Operations, and Compliance leaders. Communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, translating complex AI systems into concise narratives and recommendations. You have 8 years of software engineering experience, with 3 years managing product engineering teams A track record of shipping AI-powered products , LLM-based assistants, copilots, or agentic workflows, with real users and measurable impact. Strong full-stack foundations: you can credibly lead architecture decisions and code reviews, not just manage them. Experience designing multi-step agentic workflows that act on behalf of users across tools, APIs, or services. The ability to move fast in ambiguity, you've led teams where the roadmap was still forming and shipped anyway. A founder's communication style: you translate complex technical tradeoffs into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders. The salary range for this role is ($179,100-$286,600). Actual compensation offered will depend on several factors including but not limited to: geographic location, work experience, education, skill level, and/or other business and organizational needs. In addition, an annual bonus, incentive bonus and/or restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package. You will also receive a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits as seen below. ? Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance ? 401k, With Matching Contributions ? Paid Time Off ? Health Savings Account (HSA) ? Flexible Spending Account (FSA) ? Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance ? Plus other wellness benefits to include: ? Fertility ? Mental Health ? One Medical Join us in making a difference as we build our future and help ensure access to professional legal advice to all! LegalZoom is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. LegalZoom prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Additionally, LegalZoom is enrolled in the E-Verify program. For additional information on E-Verify, please visit Participation and Right to Work pages.

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