Software Engineer Intern

DocketX; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DocketX is seeking a paid engineering internship focused on the systems behind DocketRouter, DocketBuster, and our open corpus of court opinions. You will work with our engineering team on retrieval systems, citation verification, and data pipelines, all on US hours and fully remote.

The role offers mentorship, hands-on coding, and opportunities to contribute to public APIs and product pipelines used by law firms and in-house teams.

Qualifications

• Currently studying computer science or a related field, or building equivalent experience on your own.
• Working knowledge of at least one general purpose programming language, such as Python.
• Comfort reading unfamiliar code and asking questions when something is unclear.
• Some experience handling structured data, files, or APIs.

Responsibilities

• Write, test, and document code for features on DocketRouter and DocketBuster
• Build and maintain data pipelines that process court opinions and statutes
• Help extend state law bundles, including the Wisconsin work in progress
• Write checks and tests that confirm citations verify correctly against our reference set
• Contribute to the published API docs and internal notes so other engineers can follow your work
• Participate in code review and in regular check ins with your mentor on the engineering team

Skills

Currently studying CS or related field

Willingness to learn and ask questions

Remote on US hours

Tools

Python

Job description

You will work alongside our engineering team on the systems behind DocketRouter, DocketBuster, and our open corpus of court opinions. This is a paid internship, remote, on US hours.

Engineering · Remote, US hours · Internship, paid

About DocketX

DocketX builds verified legal AI. Every citation the system produces is checked against 18,123,788 real citations before a lawyer sees it, and citations that cannot be verified are blocked. Our products include DocketRouter, a legal research API that law firms build on, with retrieval over real law, verified citations, an audit trail, and published API docs, and DocketBuster, which helps people who go to court without a lawyer by explaining each step of a hearing with the rule behind it. We also publish an open corpus on Hugging Face of 7,149,641 court opinions covering all 50 states, DC, the Supreme Court, and every federal circuit in one uniform format, along with complete state law bundles that combine opinions, statutes, and court rules for California, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, and North Dakota, with Wisconsin in progress.

The role

You will take on scoped engineering tasks that support our retrieval systems, citation verification, and data pipelines. Day to day, that can mean writing and testing code, working with large volumes of court opinions and statutes, and helping keep our data in one uniform format across jurisdictions. Because the team is small, you will have direct contact with the engineers who own each system and you will see how your work reaches law firms and in house legal teams. You will get regular code review and clear direction on what to build next.

What you will do

• Write, test, and document code for features on DocketRouter and DocketBuster
• Build and maintain data pipelines that process court opinions, statutes, and court rules
• Help extend state law bundles, including the Wisconsin work in progress
• Write checks and tests that confirm citations verify correctly against our reference set
• Contribute to the published API docs and internal notes so other engineers can follow your work
• Participate in code review and in regular check ins with your mentor on the engineering team

What we are looking for

• Currently studying computer science or a related field, or building equivalent experience on your own
• Working knowledge of at least one general purpose programming language, such as Python
• Comfort reading unfamiliar code and asking questions when something is unclear
• Some experience handling structured data, files, or APIs, from coursework or personal projects
• Able to work remotely on US hours and communicate clearly in writing

Compensation

$60 per hour.

What we offer

• Direct mentorship from the engineers who own the systems you work on, on a small team
• Work on products used by law firms and in house legal teams, including a public API and an open corpus
• A remote setup with regular check ins and clear scope on what you are building

Equal opportunity

DocketX is an equal opportunity employer. We consider every application without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law. If you need an accommodation at any point in the hiring process, email [e-mail] and we will make it work.