Senior Member of Technical Staff

Engg; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Engg is seeking a versatile software engineer to lead backend and document-processing features for complex legal workflows. You will own APIs, AI integrations, and research-focused services while delivering reliable, scalable software from design to release.

This role requires strong Python or TypeScript skills, experience with APIs and cloud infrastructure, and a pragmatic, test-driven approach. Remote work within the United States is available, with substantial ownership and impact on product

Qualifications

• Shipping and maintaining production web applications or services.
• Experience with Python or TypeScript and API-driven architectures.
• Ability to translate user needs into engineering plans and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Build reliable APIs, backend services, and document processing workflows for research, drafting, review, and finished work.
• Deliver core product features from technical design through release and iteration, collaborating with engineers and legal experts.
• Integrate AI capabilities into practical workflows while focusing on quality, speed, and dependable behavior.
• Improve interfaces for complex document tasks and work across the stack to make them easier to use.
• Translate user needs into engineering plans and communicate the tradeoffs behind technical decisions.
• Improve performance, investigate production issues, and strengthen testing, monitoring, and code quality.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

API design

Cloud infrastructure

Testing and code quality

Tools

Git

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a product engineering team building software for complex legal work. You will own engineering challenges across document processing, AI integrations, APIs, and user-facing features, helping make important document workflows reliable and practical.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build reliable APIs, backend services, and document processing workflows for research, drafting, review, and finished work.
• Deliver core product features from technical design through release and iteration, collaborating with engineers and legal experts.
• Integrate AI capabilities into practical workflows while focusing on quality, speed, and dependable behavior.
• Improve interfaces for complex document tasks and work across the stack to make them easier to use.
• Translate user needs into engineering plans and communicate the tradeoffs behind technical decisions.
• Improve performance, investigate production issues, and strengthen testing, monitoring, and code quality.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Experience shipping and maintaining production web applications or services, with strong software design fundamentals.
• Strong programming skills in a modern language such as Python or TypeScript.
• Experience with APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, or distributed backend systems, including building reliable APIs and services.
• Experience with document processing workflows and integrating AI or LLM capabilities into production systems.
• A practical approach to testing, code review, debugging, and improving systems after launch.
• Clear written communication, ownership, and ability to collaborate with a distributed, cross-functional team.
• Frontend development, complex data or security needs, legal technology, workflow automation, or related experience is useful.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Annual base salary is $180,000 to $250,000 USD, depending on skills, experience, and role scope. The role offers substantial ownership and direct input into product decisions. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

Remote within the United States.