Founding Product Engineer

About the Role

What You'll Do

What We're Looking For

Compensation & Benefits

Location

• On-site in San Francisco, California. This role requires working in person six days per week. Candidates must already be based in San Francisco or be willing to relocate without employer-funded relocation.

Qualifications

• One to three years of experience building and shipping production software, ideally at an early-stage company or as a founder.
• Full-stack development skills, including TypeScript and React, a modern backend stack, and relational databases.
• Hands-on experience building with AI or large language models, professionally or through personal projects.
• Experience owning features end to end, building data models for complex workflows, and making sound engineering trade-offs under time constraints.
• Strong product judgment, communication skills, and comfort working with ambiguity in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment.
• Legal technology, contract management, document processing, or experience collaborating with attorneys or other domain experts is beneficial.
• Compensation & Benefits
• Base salary: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
• Location
• On-site in San Francisco, California. This role requires working in person six days per week. Candidates must already be based in San Francisco or be willing to relocate without employer-funded relocation.

Responsibilities

• Build and own full-stack features, from data models and backend systems to interfaces used by attorneys and clients.
• Turn legal workflows and review playbooks into reliable, production-grade software in collaboration with attorneys and AI engineers.
• Make pragmatic architecture and tooling decisions that support rapid development and future growth.
• Write maintainable code, prioritize reliability, and take features through production deployment.
• Help shape engineering culture, standards, and hiring as the team grows.
• One to three years of experience building and shipping production software, ideally at an early-stage company or as a founder.
• Full-stack development skills, including TypeScript and React, a modern backend stack, and relational databases.
• Hands-on experience building with AI or large language models, professionally or through personal projects.
• Experience owning features end to end, building data models for complex workflows, and making sound engineering trade-offs under time constraints.
• Strong product judgment, communication skills, and comfort working with ambiguity in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment.
• Legal technology, contract management, document processing, or experience collaborating with attorneys or other domain experts is beneficial.
• Base salary: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
• On-site in San Francisco, California. This role requires working in person six days per week. Candidates must already be based in San Francisco or be willing to relocate without employer-funded relocation.