Senior Backend Engineer - Python ›

Filevine; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Maternity & paternity leave

Short & long-term disability

Opportunity to learn from leadership

Job summary

Filevine, a leader in Legal AI, seeks an experienced backend developer to enhance its AI orchestration. This role involves designing agentic workflows, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality delivery of AI-powered features.

The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience, expert knowledge of Python, and a collaborative spirit. The position offers comprehensive benefits including medical insurance and parental leave, in a vibrant, fast-growing environment.

Join us at Filevine and help shape the future of legal operations!

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional backend development experience with expert-level mastery of Python (3.12+).
• Proven production experience in building complex, distributed systems.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of the AI orchestration layer and build durable workflows.
• Deliver features throughout the complete lifecycle from design to deployment.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers on Python best practices.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Pydantic

Asynchronous programming

Distributed systems

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Temporal

GitLab CI/CD

New Relic APM

Job description

Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. Grounded in a singular system of truth, Filevine brings together data, documents, workflows, and teams into one unified platform—where modern legal work happens with clarity and consistency.

Powered by LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System, Filevine connects context across every matter to transform legal operations from reactive to proactive. LOIS reads, understands, and reasons across your data to surface insight, automate complexity, and give professionals the clarity and confidence to see more, know more, and do more. Fueled by a team of exceptional collaborators and innovators, Filevine’s rapid growth has earned AI awards and recognition from Deloitte and Inc. as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country.

Responsibilites

• Contribute to the design and evolution of the AI orchestration layer, building durable, fault-tolerant agentic workflows using Temporal activities and ReAct reasoning loops powered by pydantic-ai and Claude.
• Deliver features across their complete lifecycle— from design and prototyping through implementation, pytest/syrupy snapshot testing, GitLab CI/CD deployment via Octopus Deploy, and New Relic APM post‑launch monitoring.
• Uphold engineering excellence by conducting thorough code reviews, writing comprehensive tests (unit, integration, Playwright end‑to‑end), maintaining structlog observability, and upholding uv monorepo workspace standards.
• Mentor mid‑level and junior engineers in async Python best practices, pydantic-aiagent design, and clean, testable agentic architecture.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, legal domain experts, and frontend engineers to translate complex attorney workflows into reliable, high‑impact AI‑powered features.
• Actively participate in cross‑team planning, design reviews, sprint ceremonies, and AI platform standards discussions.
• Communicate technical trade‑offs, agentic design decisions, and reliability impacts clearly to both technical teams and non‑technical stakeholders, while contributing to AI orchestration roadmap discussions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional backend development experience with expert‑level mastery of Python (3.12+), async/await, FastAPI, and Pydantic v2.
• Proven production experience building complex, distributed systems—including durable workflow orchestration (Temporal or equivalent), message queues, or event‑driven architectures.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate agentic design decisions, reliability trade‑offs, and LLM behavior to non‑technical stakeholders and cross‑functional partners.
• Growth mindset, strong collaborative approach, genuine passion for mentoring others, and proven track record of delivering high‑impact features end‑to‑end in fast‑moving production environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred—equivalent experience, certifications, or demonstrated expertise with a strong production track record considered equally.

Benefits

• A dynamic, rapidly growing company, focused on helping organizations thrive
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full‑time employees)
• Maternity & paternity leave (for full‑time employees)
• Short & long‑term disability
• Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
• Top‑of‑the‑line company swag

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