Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Leads backend engineering projects for AI-powered legal SaaS products, building scalable systems for peta-byte document retrieval, multi-region GPU management, advanced planning agents, and government-level security. Requires 10+ years backend experience on product teams.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Retrieval over peta-byte scale documents
- Organizational-level interfaces to collaborate with AI
- Managing dedicated GPU capacity across 5+ regions
- 1000-step planning agents that help take companies public
- Government-level security for the world's most sensitive matters
- Evaluating LLMs across a 10k+ leaf taxonomy of tasks
- Internet-scale data collection from over 50+ jurisdictions
What You Have
- 10+ years (post-BS/MS) of backend-focused software engineering experience on product-centric teams
- Track record of building fast-growing SaaS products by leveraging PWA technologies
- Track record of shipping highly intuitive products, strong attention to detail
- Experience building backend platforms that can support multiple product lines
- Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
- Grit - experience working at early-stage startups is a plus
Compensation
$231,000 - $340,000 USD
Skills
Backend Development, SaaS Platforms, Pwa, Gpu Management, Llm Evaluation, Scalable Systems, Computer Science, Ai Interfaces, Security, Data Collection
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