Staff Software Engineer - Python/Django & React

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced software engineer to own major features end-to-end, from architecture decisions through production release. You will build reliable, performant systems across core workflows using Python/Django, React, and AWS, and ship AI-powered functionality that clarifies legal complexity for law firms.

Collaborate with product, operations, and design to define what gets built and why, while helping shape the engineering standards and culture in a small, fast-moving

Qualifications

• 3+ years building reliable, secure software in production.
• Full-stack experience – comfortable across the frontend and backend.
• Proficiency in Python and React, or demonstrably fast at picking up new stacks.
• A track record of writing clean, testable, maintainable code.
• Experience with Django, AWS, or OpenAI APIs (nice-to-have).
• Prior work at an early-stage startup where you helped set engineering standards (nice-to-have).
• Familiarity with legal tech, document processing, or data-heavy workflows (nice-to-have).

Responsibilities

• Own major features end-to-end, from architecture decisions through production release.
• Build reliable, performant systems across our core workflows using Python/Django, React, and AWS.
• Ship AI-powered functionality that turns legal complexity into clear, usable software for law firms.
• Collaborate directly with product, ops, and design to define what gets built and why.
• Shape our culture of our technical team, standards, and practices while we're still small enough for it to matter.

Skills

Full-stack development

Python

React

OpenAI APIs

Django

AWS

Startup experience

Legal tech familiarity

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced software engineer to own major features end-to-end, from architecture decisions through production release. You will build reliable, performant systems across core workflows using Python/Django, React, and AWS, and ship AI-powered functionality that clarifies legal complexity for law firms.

Collaborate with product, operations, and design to define what gets built and why, while helping shape the engineering standards and culture in a small, fast-moving