About the Role
Join an early-stage legal technology team building AI-powered software for legal workflows. As a Founding Product Engineer, you will work closely with attorneys and AI engineers to develop core product capabilities and help establish engineering practices as the team grows.
What You'll Do
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Build and own full-stack product features, from data models to interfaces used by attorneys and clients.
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Translate legal workflows and review playbooks into reliable, production-grade software with domain experts and AI engineers.
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Make pragmatic architecture and tooling decisions that support rapid development and future needs.
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Write maintainable code, improve reliability, and take responsibility for features in production.
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Help shape engineering standards, culture, and hiring as the team expands.
What We're Looking For
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Three to four years of professional engineering experience, including experience building and shipping production software at an early-stage company or as a founder.
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Full-stack skills, including TypeScript and React, a modern backend stack, and relational databases.
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Hands-on experience building with AI or large language models, professionally or through personal projects.
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Experience owning features from conception through deployment, making sound engineering trade-offs, and building reliable systems for complex workflows.
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A completed computer science degree, strong product instincts, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity and minimal process.
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Experience with legal technology, contract management, document processing, or working directly with domain experts is helpful.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, six days per week. Relocation is not employer-funded.
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