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Senior Back End Software Engineer (US)

Draftwise logoDraftwiseYC S20
AI-native
TypeFull-time
WorkplaceRemote
SenioritySenior
SponsorshipNo visa sponsorship
Salary$140,000–$190,000
LocationNew York, NY
Engineering

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced back end software engineer to join our team. As an experienced team member, you will have a broad ownership and impact on the technology, product, and our culture. You will work alongside a first-rate engineering team to implement exciting new features, scale the platform, and to make the platform more performant.

We have challenges at all levels of the stack, from building beautiful web technology to fine tuning LLMs to optimizing Postgres and Elasticsearch queries to deal with an ever-growing scale.

We’d love for you to take ownership of features, write performant, elegant code, and make meaningful architectural decisions.

What We Value

  • Strong communication skills in a transparent environment.
  • Creating an environment of trust through well-intentioned feedback.
  • Skills to work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision.
  • Interest in working in a lively environment with dynamic objectives.
  • Individual autonomy and ownership to build quality products.

What We Offer

  • Remote-first work environment. (Engineering teams typically span UTC+3 to UTC-5.)
    • This role is best suited for someone who can work on East Coast time.
  • Competitive salary.
  • Equity-based compensation.
  • Private medical care.
  • New laptop and a work-from-home stipend for necessary accessories.
  • Generous PTO / sick leave.
  • Opportunities to lead our company as we disrupt the legal world.

About You

We're looking for engineers who have:

  • Strong overlap with DraftWise’s company values.
  • A focus on user impact and passion for shipping high-quality products that delights users.
  • Extensive and recent experience in Java.
  • 5+ years as a professional software engineer.

It's also great if you have:

  • Worked with elements in our tech stack:
    • Development: Java 21, jOOQ, Dropwizard, Dagger
    • Data: Postgres, Elasticsearch, TensorFlow, Keras
    • DevOps: AWS, Docker
  • Experience in building, deploying, and maintaining deployment infrastructure.
  • Experience building data-intensive applications such as NLP, search and indexing, and data processing, LLMs.
  • Interest in being involved in engineering design decisions.
  • Interest in the data products space, and a love of building tools that helps enterprise users to do more.

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Company info

Draftwise logo

Draftwise

Your firm's total intelligence in the hands of every lawyer.

Draftwise helps firms produce higher quality contracts in less time by empowering every attorney with instant access to the firm’s collective knowledge. Our team combines world class engineering with big law to design a solution that puts the attorney in the drivers seat. For more information, or to schedule a demo please contact our team at contact@draftwise.com.

Private companySeries AYC S20
Founded2020
HQNew York City, United States
Size51–200 employees
Unlock human wisdom
ThesisTermsPrivacy
Industry
Software Development
Funding
  • Series A · $20M · Mar 14, 2024
Investors
Index Ventures
News
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  • Jones Day Partners with Draftwise to Deploy Ontonomi Legal Ontology Across the Firm

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