Backend Engineer

Key Skills

API, C++, Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Java Programming, Kubernetes-K8s, Python Programming, Scala Programming, SQL

Job Description

Company Overview

Casetext has led innovation in legal AI since 2013, applying cutting-edge AI to the law to create solutions that enable attorneys to provide higher-quality representation to more clients, enhance efficiency and accuracy, and gain a competitive advantage. Our leadership and contributions in legal AI have been recognized worldwide, including receipt of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneer award for the development of AI-powered brief analysis tool CARA AI. Today, over 10,000 law firms—from solos and small practices to more than 40 Am Law 200 firms—rely on Casetext to elevate the quality of their law practice. For more information visit www.casetext.com.

About the Role

Casetext is seeking a Backend Engineer to help satisfy demand forCoCounsel, our state of the art AI legal assistant. As a Backend Engineer, you'll help bridge our customers' data into our system on a large scale, empowering them to find needles in haystacks in minutes instead of days. You'll design and implement intuitive interfaces for complex workflows. Our ideal candidate is curious and interested in technical breadth, both valuable assets in our fast-paced startup environment. This role is entirely remote, but you must be based in the U.S. and authorized to work in the U.S.

As the Backend Engineer You Will:

• Connect external data to our internal search system

• Expose new and existing web services with intuitive APIs

• Help implement our user content search backend

• Be flexible for assorted backend work - our needs change often!

About You: 

• You have 2+ years professional software engineering experience, ideally at a startup

• You are proficient with recent production level experience in Python

• You are proficient in building and interacting with web APIs

• You are intuitive and curious

• You excel in a collaborative work environment

• You are able to communicate technical topics to non-technical audiences

• Experience using a DMS, like Relativity or NetDocuments is preferred, but not required

• Prefer someone with experience with SQL, as well as statically type language, like Scala, Java or C++

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes platforms is ideal

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other cloud services is preferred, but not required.

Salary Range: $130-$150K

Casetext Benefits

• Competitive compensation in equity and salary
• Exciting and meaningful work with an ambitious and passionate team
• You’ll be a leader at a fast-growing start-up, take on a lot of responsibility, and play a substantial role in the future of the company
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance is covered for you, and we cover 50% for spouses and dependents
• 401k plan
• Health FSA & Dependent Care FSA
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Professional Development Budget
• Annual Wellness Budget
• One-time Technology Budget
• Flexible, remote-first work culture
• Generous parental leave
• Unlimited PTO 
• We’re a close-knit team of smart, driven people who really enjoy working together