Senior Backend Engineer - Remote

Jobs via Dice; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering Series A AI startup as a Senior Backend Engineer. In this fully remote role, you will leverage your expertise in Golang and backend systems to contribute to transformative legal technology. This position offers competitive compensation, equity, and the chance to work with an elite engineering team focused on modernizing enterprise law firms.

Benefits

Remote flexibility

Equity (0.5-0.7%)

Opportunity to work on innovative projects

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience as a backend or backend-heavy fullstack engineer.
• Strong experience with Golang in production.
• Strong progression from mid to senior to staff roles within ~3 years per level.

Responsibilities

• Work on greenfield backend systems with wide scope and autonomy.
• Ship products used directly by enterprise customers.
• Collaborate with a senior engineering team focused on pragmatic execution.

Skills

Golang

Backend Engineering

Cloud Platforms

Education

Degree from U.S. Top 50 University

Tools

Postgres

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

React

Temporal

GitOps

ArgoCD

OpenAI

Anthropic

Job description

100% remote role working at a Series A AI startup!

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Brandon Bays
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Salary: $170,000 - $220,000 per year

A bit about us:

Location: Remote (United States - prefer EST or CST time zone but open to any time zone for the right candidate)

Compensation: $170-220K base + equity (0.5-0.7%)
Employment Type: Full-time

We're working with a stealthy, fast-moving legal AI startup that's making major strides in modernizing enterprise law firms' deal processes through powerful backend infrastructure and cutting-edge AI integration. With over $1M ARR in the last five months, Series A funding, and an elite team of 20 (including 9 engineers), they're now hiring Senior Backend Engineers to expand their core product capabilities.

Tech Stack: Golang, Postgres, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, React, Temporal, GitOps, ArgoCD, OpenAI, Anthropic

Why join us?

• Remote flexibility
• Work on greenfield backend systems with wide scope and autonomy.
• Ship products used directly by enterprise customers.
• Join a senior, collaborative engineering team focused on pragmatic execution.
• Chance to work in a Series A recently funded startup.

Job Details

Ideal Background:

• 5-10 years of experience as a backend or backend-heavy fullstack engineer.
• Strong experience with Golang in production.
• Startup experience preferred, ideally at a company
• Strong progression from mid ? senior ? staff roles within ~3 years per level.
• Preferably from a top university (e.g., U.S. Top 50 overall)
• Based in EST or CST time zones preferred, but flexible.

Not a Fit If:

• Frontend-heavy or frontend-only engineers.
• Only large-company experience with no startup/small team exposure.
• Consulting/outsourced backgrounds (e.g., Infosys, Capgemini, etc.).
• Bootcamp-only education or less than 3 years experience.

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