Senior Backend Engineer, Compliance Platform

Bonfirevc; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k)

Remote work day on Tuesdays

Flexible Time Off

Daily lunch options

Commuter subsidies

Team offsites

Job summary

Supio, headquartered in Seattle with an office in San Francisco, is building a new Compliance Platform. We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to design and implement the platform from the ground up, focusing on anonymization and secure access to PHI/PII for AI workflows.

You will own the end-to-end backend, implement audit trails, access controls, and BAAs, and collaborate with DevOps, engineering teams, and the CTO’s privacy function to meet regulatory deadlines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Built a compliance, privacy, or data-governance platform.
• Deep knowledge of HIPAA, PHI, and PII handling.
• Experience with agentic AI development or platforms used by AI systems.
• Familiarity with SOC 2, HITRUST or similar frameworks.
• Strong experience with cloud data infrastructure — AWS ecosystem (S3, relational DB).
• Security-first mindset: authentication, authorization, least privilege, audit logging.
• Comfort moving toward regulatory deadlines without compromising quality.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build new features for an internal compliance platform-as-a-service that integrates with Supio's existing systems.
• Build anonymization, de-identification, and pseudonymization pipelines for customer data.
• Implement audit trails covering all accesses to customer files.
• Build tracking and enforcement for BAAs, contracts, data opt-in/out, residency, and compliance.
• Design access controls with chain-of-command enforcement and reporting.
• Build notification and remediation workflows to detect and fix issues.
• Partner with DevOps and CTO privacy function to align with company-wide goals.

Skills

Backend engineering

Compliance platform experience

HIPAA / PHI / PII

SOC 2 / HITRUST

Cloud data infrastructure (AWS / S3)

Security-first mindset

Agentic AI development

Regulatory deadline readiness

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer, Compliance Platform

Seattle Hybrid / San Francisco Hybrid

Software Engineering

Hybrid

Full-time

About Us

Supio is a trusted AI platform purpose-built for law firms, reshaping how data drives impactful outcomes. Our innovative approach blends technology with deep legal expertise, making us a leader in our field. We go beyond surface-level AI to deeply understand our customers’ daily needs, empowering law firms with unparalleled data insights. Supio delivers human-level, accurate analysis of complex data and legal records, quickly and efficiently bringing critical insights when they matter most. Trusted by top litigation lawyers, our platform has supported over $1 billion in settlements.

Headquartered in Seattle with an office in San Francisco, we raised $60M Series B in April 2025 led by Sapphire Ventures with Mayfield and Thomson Reuters Ventures, bringing total funding to $91M. We’re scaling rapidly and looking for exceptional talent to join us in this next phase of growth.

We’re looking for passionate team members who are motivated by our mission and ready to help us achieve it.

About the role

Regulation is coming to legal AI, and Supio is getting ahead of it. We are standing up a brand-new Compliance Platform team to protect the most sensitive data our customers entrust to us — the medical records, police reports, and case files at the heart of every personal injury matter. As the founding backend engineer, you will design and build this platform from the ground up: an internal platform-as-a-service that anonymizes, de-identifies, and pseudonymizes PII and PHI while keeping documents fully usable by our AI systems, with rigorous auditing, access control, and reporting on top. It is a founding seat with executive visibility, a real delivery timeline, and company-wide impact from day one.

What you'll do

• Architect and build new features for an internal compliance platform-as-a-service that integrates with Supio's existing systems
• Build anonymization, de-identification, and pseudonymization pipelines for customer PII and PHI — medical records, police reports, and other case documents — that keep data usable for AI workflows
• Implement audit trails covering every access to a customer file, whether by a Supio employee, a system, or a customer
• Build tracking and enforcement for BAAs, customer contracts, data opt-in/opt-out, data residency, and geographic compliance requirements.
• Design access controls with chain-of-command approval enforcement, and the reporting to show who accessed what, why, and with what authorization.
• Build notification and remediation workflows so issues are found and fixed, not just logged.
• Partner closely with DevOps, engineering teams across Supio, and the Office of the CTO — our privacy function.

What you'll bring

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience, with significant time on data-sensitive systems
• You have built a compliance, privacy, or data-governance platform before. This is the bar — we are looking for someone who has done this work, not someone adjacent to it
• Deep, practical knowledge of HIPAA and the safe handling of PHI and PII
• Experience with agentic AI development, or building platforms that AI systems consume
• Familiarity with SOC 2, HITRUST, or similar frameworks
• Strong experience with cloud data infrastructure — S3, relational databases, and the AWS ecosystem
• A security-first mindset: authentication, authorization, least privilege, audit logging
• Comfort moving quickly toward a real regulatory deadline without cutting corners
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice-to-haves

• Time in legal, healthcare, or another regulated industry

How we hire

Our standard engineering interview process, including an engineering leadership screen that goes deep on your compliance platform experience.

Compensation

As an early-stage startup, we offer a competitive compensation package that includes base salary, meaningful equity, and benefits. Equity grants are designed to ensure employees share in the long-term success and upside of the company.

Base Salary by Location

• Seattle, WA: $170,000 – $243,000 annually
• San Francisco, CA: $200,000 - $255,000 annually

Actual compensation may vary outside of these ranges based on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and geographic location.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Meaningful Equity
• 401(k)
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Flexible Time Off + Holidays
• High-autonomy work environment, every Tuesday is a Remote Work Day
• DoorDash subsidies for breakfast and dinner; Daily lunch options
• Boba Wednesdays
• Monthly commuter subsidies and pre-tax parking contribution
• Team gatherings and offsites

E-Verify Participation Notice

Supio participates in E-Verify, an employment authorization program through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Supio is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.