Senior Backend Engineer, Entities

EvenUp Inc; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Home office stipend

401(k) for US-based employees

Paid parental leave

Hubs in San Francisco

Job summary

EvenUp Inc. is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and optimize scalable backend systems for deploying LLM-powered solutions. You will own infrastructure, drive end-to-end projects, and collaborate across engineering teams to deliver robust platform capabilities.

The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and high-performance systems using a modern tech stack including Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, and Elasticsearch. Hybrid work with SF office three days per week.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.
• Proficiency delivering production-ready code, managing infrastructure, and building RESTful APIs to industry standards.
• Experience owning and delivering complex technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance scalable backend systems supporting LLM-driven products and internal platforms.
• Own infrastructure and services for reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver reusable, scalable solutions.
• Influence the technical direction and long-term architecture of EvenUp’s AI platform.
• Maintain high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability.
• Drive projects from early design through deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend development

Python

RESTful APIs

Communication

Tools

Postgres

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Job description

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.

Life as an Engineer at EvenUp

Join EvenUp’s AI Platform team, dedicated to making large language models (LLMs) more accessible, scalable, and impactful across the engineering organization. We build leading LLM-powered systems for the legal industry, transforming how complex legal documents are extracted, summarized, and structured for use by our clients every day.

This role operates at the intersection of backend engineering, LLM integration, and hands-on experimentation. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of Data Scientists, Researchers, and Software Engineers to tackle challenging generative AI problems. Together, we maintain the foundational infrastructure enabling EvenUp’s product teams to leverage LLMs safely and efficiently at scale.

This is an excellent opportunity for engineers seeking deep technical ownership, backend system design, and work on innovative platforms that create impact across an entire company—while contributing to technology that advances fairness and accessibility within the legal system.

This is a hybrid role, 3x per week at our SF office three days per week.

What you’ll do:

• Backend Systems & Infrastructure: Lead the design, development, and optimization of robust backend systems for deploying LLM-based algorithms and services.

• End-to-End Ownership: Manage projects through their complete lifecycle—from architecture to deployment, monitoring, and improvement.

• Cross-Team Enablement: Work with other engineering teams to understand use cases and deliver scalable platform solutions.

• Engineering Excellence: Develop high-quality, maintainable code using a modern tech stack (Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch).

• Growth & Collaboration: Grow as an engineer working alongside world-class peers on impactful, cutting-edge generative AI projects.

What we look for:

• Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.

• Proficiency delivering production-ready code, managing infrastructure, and building RESTful APIs to industry standards.

• Experience owning and delivering complex technical projects.

• Success in startup or high-growth environments valuing speed, collaboration, and ownership.

• Proficiency in Python or other languages (Go, Java, C++).

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and enhance scalable backend systems supporting LLM-driven products and internal platforms.

• Own infrastructure and services for reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver reusable, scalable solutions.

• Influence the technical direction and long-term architecture of EvenUp’s AI platform.

• Maintain high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability.

• Drive projects from early design through deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.

Bonus (Nice to have):

• Background with AI systems, LLMs, or machine learning infrastructure.

• Experience in legal tech or social impact-driven products.

• Prior work supporting internal platforms or developer-facing tools.

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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 US observed holidays, and Canadian statutory holidays by province.

• A home office stipend.

• 401(k) for US-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

Please note that EvenUp may use AI notetakers and other recording devices in the recruiting process. If you interview with us, with your consent, we may record your conversations and summarize them into notes for internal use. Recording is optional, and declining will not affect your candidacy.

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.