Legal Engineering Lead

Location: New York

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* Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
*** Job Description
**** RESPONSIBILITIES:*
* • Lead engineering delivery and operational ownership for the Legal and technology portfolio, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and audit-ready.  
• Serve as the technical lead for platform strategy, implementation, and support across Legal systems, including matter management/e-billing, legal entity management, CLM, and third-party intake/TPRM tooling.  
• Partner with Legal, and key stakeholder groups to translate business needs into clear technical requirements, solution designs, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes.  
• Own end-to-end delivery: discovery, architecture/design, build/configuration, testing/UAT, release, and production support—aligned with SDLC, change management, and operational readiness.  
• Establish and maintain integration patterns and data flows across core platforms (APIs, batch, middleware), supporting reporting, auditability, and downstream finance/procurement or records-management dependencies.  
• Drive strong engineering discipline: configuration standards, code quality, peer review, automated testing where applicable, environment management, and release governance.  
• Ensure embedded controls across workflows: approvals, access management, segregation of duties, evidence capture, and traceability aligned to audit and regulatory expectations.  
• Lead a small team of technical resources, providing coaching, prioritization, and delivery oversight; foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.  
• Manage vendors/partners as needed: solution selection support, implementation oversight, SLA/service performance, roadmap alignment, and cost management.  
• Provide transparent, executive-ready reporting on platform health, delivery status, risks/issues, dependencies, and remediation plans
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* QUALIFICATIONS:

*** 10+ years of progressive technology experience, including significant hands-on delivery experience supporting Legal systems and governance platforms in a complex environment.
* Experience in complex, regulated financial services; alternative asset management experience strongly preferred.
* Bachelor’s degree required;
Computer Science/Engineering background preferred.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to influence and collaborate across senior business and technology stakeholders.
* Demonstrated people leadership experience (direct management and/or leading teams through delivery and operations).
** Experience Required
*** Strong engineering fundamentals and hands-on delivery experience, including:  + SQL (required), data analysis/troubleshooting, and comfort navigating complex process and data flows  +

Experience with at least one general-purpose language (e.g., Python, Java, C#, JavaScript) and common integration approaches (REST APIs, services, batch)  + Working knowledge of SDLC, testing strategies, release/change management, and production support
* Experience implementing and supporting Legal and related risk platforms, including one or more of:  + Matter management / e-billing ecosystems (e.g., Simple Legal, Passport, Apperio or similar)  + Legal Entity Management (e.g., GEMS or similar)  + CLM platforms (e.g., Icertis, Ironclad or similar)  + Intake and/or TPRM tooling (e.g., Zip and comparable tools)
* Experience with integrations and data/reporting enablement, including monitoring, data quality, and reconciliation practices.
* Demonstrated ability to deliver secure, audit-ready solutions with robust traceability, workflow transparency, and evidence retention.
* Proven ability to lead…