Senior Backend Engineer - Representation

Atticus; United States; Remote; USD 157,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance (100% of員

15 vacation days

20 paid holidays per year

Free OneMedical membership

Internet stipend

Education and training reimbursement

Student loan repayment assistance

401(k) and HSA/FSA

Job summary

Atticus is hiring a senior backend-leaning software engineer to join the Representation Pod, building core tools for law firms in our network and delivering consistent representation for clients. You’ll own complex backend challenges around data structures, systems, and APIs, while staying connected to clients and lawyers who use the products.

This senior IC role emphasizes architectural depth, user empathy, and product instincts to drive meaningful impact within a VC-backed, remote-friendly

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building production software, including time at a seed-stage startup or early product team member with growing ownership.
• Experience on a high-performing product team with PMs and designers to ship user-focused solutions.
• Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs with strong data modeling.
• Deep user empathy and focus on the people using what you build, not just the code.
• Track record of mentoring engineers and helping teammates grow.

Responsibilities

• Own significant backend systems end-to-end with high architectural and production health standards.
• Collaborate with product and design to shape requirements and contribute opinions.
• Apply 0-to-1 product thinking to impact clients’ wellbeing through backend work.
• Mentor engineers on backend patterns and practices.
• Work across the stack from frontend UI to data systems as needed.

Skills

Backend design

API design

Go

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Data modeling

Mentoring

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Job description

About Atticus

At any given time, 16 million Americans are experiencing a crisis that requires urgent help from our legal system or government. The right assistance could transform their lives. But today, most never get it.

Atticus makes it easy for any sick or injured person in crisis to get the life-changing aid they deserve. In the last six years, we’ve become the leading platform connecting people with disabilities to government benefits. We also help victims of accidents, misconduct, and violence get compensation from insurance.

So far, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people access over $10B in life-changing aid and earned over 19,000 five-star reviews. And we’re just getting started.

We’ve raised more than $100 million from top VC firms like Fika, Forerunner, GV (Google Ventures), and True Ventures. We closed our Series C in April 2025 and are well-funded for the foreseeable future. In 2025, our team grew from 151 to 210, and we’ll grow again in 2026.

The Job

Atticus works in an industry dominated by outdated technology that is ripe for fresh thinking. Our core competitors rely on massive call centers, antiquated CRMs, and paper checks. As a VC-backed tech company, our engineering team powers everything we do — from creating elegant and intuitive product experiences for people in crisis who are seeking legal aid, to building powerful tools for our network of attorneys that actually help them win the benefits they need.

We’re looking for a backend-leaning senior software engineer to join our Representation Pod, a cross-functional team of engineers, PMs, and designers building the core tools that help the law firms in our network deliver consistent and effective representation for our clients. The Rep Pod is building new products from scratch: reimagining what legal experiences for our clients and attorneys with today’s technology.

This is a senior individual contributor role. You’ll own complex backend challenges around how we structure data, systems, and APIs — while staying deeply connected to the clients & lawyers who use the products you build. That means bringing both genuine user empathy and sharp product instincts alongside the technical depth to make hard architectural decisions and see them through.

What You’ll Do

• Own significant backend systems end-to-end: set and hold a high bar for architecture, design, implementation, and production health.
• Partner closely with product and design to shape requirements, not just implement them — we trust your intuitions and want you to have opinions
• You’ll bring 0-to-1 product thinking to an area where your work has a tangible impact on our client’s wellbeing.
• Mentor engineers on the team, with particular emphasis on backend patterns
• Work across the stack as needed, everything from frontend UI work to data systems.

What We’re Looking For

Required:

• 5+ years of experience building production software, including meaningful time at a seed-stage startup or as an early member of a new product team at a later-stage company — with clear evidence of increasing scope and ownership over time
• Experience on a high-performing product team, working closely with strong PMs and designers to ship user-focused solutions
• Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs, with a high bar for data modeling and architecture
• Deep user empathy — you think carefully about the people using what you build, not just the technical implementation
• A track record of mentoring engineers and genuine excitement about helping teammates grow

Bonus / Nice to Have:

• Experience with Go
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, & Docker
• Background in industries with complex workflows — legal, healthcare, or financial services
• Experience building products for consumers or two-sided marketplaces
• Experience evolving systems as teams and traffic scale
• Interest in developer experience, internal tooling, or team process improvement

We are strongly committed to building a diverse team. If you’re from a background that’s underrepresented in tech, we’d love to meet you.

Salary and Benefits

This is a rare opportunity to join a startup with strong traction — substantial funding, well-respected backers, real growth, and thousands of happy customers — while still being small enough to have a huge impact and help shape our culture.

We’re a certified B Corporation tackling a critical social problem. Everything we build touches real lives.

Competitive compensation including equity, plus:

• Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employees and their families premiums covered
• 15 vacation days and ~20 paid holidays per year, including two weeks at end-of-year
• Free OneMedical membership
• $600/year internet stipend
• $1,000/year education and training reimbursement
• Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance
• 401(k) and optional HSA/FSA

Base salary range: $157,250 to $230,000, plus equity and benefits. Offer will reflect candidate experience, skills, and internal equity.

Location

Fully remote. Travel to LA on the company dime as needed — typically quarterly plus offsites. We invest seriously in in-person culture.