Senior Backend Engineer (Legal Tech)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Legal Tech): Architecting and optimizing software integrations for the client portal with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on developing efficient integration frameworks, solving complex programming problems, and ensuring a smooth user experience in legal tech.

Location: Hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in either San Francisco or Toronto offices.

Salary: $152,660–$214,475

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing vertical SaaS company leveraging technology and AI to empower personal injury lawyers and victims, backed by top VCs.

What you will do

• Actively engage in the full project lifecycle from conception to deployment and iteration.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, designers, and backend engineers to develop innovative solutions.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into technical solutions.
• Conceptualize the design and development of interfaces and integration architecture.
• Optimize application performance and responsiveness for a smooth user experience.

Requirements

• Over 5 years of hands-on, relevant experience crafting applications and services.
• Extensive experience in integrating with third-party vendors while designing and implementing efficient integration frameworks.
• Skilled in crafting RESTful APIs adhering to industry best practices and standards, with a willingness to mentor.
• Solid grasp of software development fundamentals, encompassing data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Familiarity with various protocols like SOAP, REST, and GraphQL, along with server-side languages like SQL.
• Skilled communication to convey technical ideas or issues in easy-to-understand and actionable terms.

Nice to have

• Experience with React/Typescript.
• Experience in AI, legal tech, and social impact projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family.
• Flexible paid time off, sick leave, short-term/long-term disability, and paid parental leave.
• 10 US observed holidays and Canadian statutory holidays by province.
• A home office stipend.
• 401(k) for US-based employees and RRSP for Canada-based employees.
• A local in-person meet-up program with hubs in San Francisco and Toronto.