Senior Backend Engineer, Entities & Platform

EvenUp; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-driven company in Toronto is on the lookout for a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their AI platform. In this hybrid role, you will lead the development of scalable systems, manage project lifecycles, and collaborate with a talented team. Candidates should have extensive software development experience, ideally in Python, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. The company offers attractive benefits and a competitive salary range of CA$150K - CA$215K.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Home office stipend

Flexible paid time off

401(k) or RRSP

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in building scalable systems.
• Proficient in developing production-ready software.
• Experience in startup environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize systems for cutting-edge algorithms.
• Own project lifecycle from inception to deployment.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on projects.

Skills

Frameworks and libraries

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Python

Observability and performance

Tools

Postgres

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Job description

Location

Toronto (hybrid)

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Engineering

Compensation

• Estimated Salary Range CA$150K – CA$215K • Offers Equity

The salary range provided reflects the compensation that EvenUp reasonably expects to offer for this role. The specific salary within this range will be determined based on various factors, including the candidate's relevant experience, education, skills, location, and alignment with the role's responsibilities.

EvenUp is on a mission to close the justice gap using technology and AI. We empower personal injury lawyers and victims to get the justice they deserve. Our products enable law firms to secure faster settlements, higher payouts, and better outcomes for victims injured through no fault of their own in vehicle collisions, accidents, natural disasters, and more.

We are one of the fastest-growing vertical SaaS companies in history, and we are just getting started. EvenUp is backed by top VCs, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, SignalFire, and Lightspeed. We are looking to expand our team with talented, driven, and collaborative individuals who seek to have a lasting impact. Learn more at www.evenuplaw.com.

Our AI Platform team is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help us make large language models (LLMs) more accessible and mainstream for our engineering teams. This team has already released industry-leading LLMs tailored for legal applications, extracting and summarizing data from complex client documents. You’ll join a multidisciplinary group—data scientists, researchers, software engineers—at the intersection of programming, LLM integration, and iterative experimentation. If you’re excited by generative AI, complex technical challenges, and leveraging technology to improve fairness and accessibility in the legal system, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Spearhead the design, development, and optimization of robust, scalable systems and infrastructure for deploying cutting‑edge algorithms and systems built on LLMs.
• Own the entire project lifecycle, from inception to deployment and beyond—driving continuous improvements and iterations.
• Collaborate with world‑class peers on impactful, varied engineering projects.
• Partner with internal engineering stakeholders, understanding requirements and addressing them efficiently and at scale.
• Implement maintainable and reusable code in a modern tech stack, including Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and related technologies.

What We Look For

• Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.
• Proven proficiency developing high‑quality software—including production‑ready code, infrastructure management, and RESTful APIs to industry standards.
• Structured thinking and a strong track record of delivering complex engineering projects.
• Startup experience and comfort thriving in fast‑paced, collaborative, growth‑oriented environments.
• Expert knowledge of Python or other languages such as Go, Java, or C++.
• Bonus: Exposure to AI, legal technology, or social impact projects.

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Notice to Candidates:

EvenUp has been made aware of fraudulent job postings and unaffiliated third parties posing as our recruiting team – please know that we have no affiliation or connection to these situations. We only post open roles on our career page evenuplaw.com/careers or reputable job boards like our official LinkedIn or Indeed pages, and all official EvenUp recruitment emails will come from the domains @evenuplaw.com, @evenup.ai, @ext-evenuplaw.com, no‑[e-mail] or no‑[e-mail] email addresses.

To ensure fairness and proper consideration, we do not accept resumes or expressions of interest via email or social media messages. If you’re interested in a role, please submit your application directly through our careers page.

If you receive communication from someone you believe is impersonating EvenUp, please report it to us at [e-mail]. Examples of fraudulent domains include “careers-evenuplaw.com” and “careers-evenuplaws.com”.

Benefits & Perks:

As part of our total rewards package, we offer attractive benefits and perks to our employees, including:

• Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family
• Additional insurance coverage options for life, accident, or critical illness
• Flexible paid time off, sick leave, short‑term and long‑term disability
• 10 U.S. observed holidays, and Canadian statutory holidays by province
• A home office stipend
• 401(k) for U.S.-based employees and RRSP for Canada‑based employees
• Paid parental leave
• A local in‑person meet‑up program
• Hubs in San Francisco and Toronto

Please note the above benefits & perks are for full‑time employees

EvenUp is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Compensation Range: CA$150K - CA$215K