Staff Software Engineer, Backend - NYC
Core
Lead engineering projects and build secure, scalable systems for AI and legal technology products, serving enterprise and government clients.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Full-Stack)
Builds
AI-platform features, agentic orchestration layers, tool calls, retrieval systems, and robust APIs for streaming results and complex workflows.
Domain
LegalTech, Generative AI, Enterprise SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Full-stack software engineering, system design, scalable architecture, API development, React, TypeScript, Python, Postgres, security engineering
Preferred skills
Experience with early-stage startups, building fast-growing SaaS products, agentic AI concepts
Technologies
React, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Python, Postgres
Responsibilities
Scale document ingestion and processing, design massive data collection systems, build government-level security solutions, lead customer-facing AI projects across web/desktop/mobile/API, ship full-stack features for agentic orchestration and tool-calling workflows
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership