[Hiring] Software Engineer @Blackletter

Role Description

We’re looking for a Software Engineer with 5+ years of relevant experience to help build our legal AI platform. You’ll work across frontend and backend development, turning complex problems into software that is reliable and easy for lawyers to use.

This role has a high degree of ownership. You will notice what needs to be done, ask good questions, make thoughtful decisions with incomplete information, and follow through. The person in this role will be extensively shaping the work, not just implementing a specification.

What You Will Do

• Build and improve product features across the frontend and backend.
• Create intuitive, responsive interfaces that make complex work easier.
• Design clear data models, reliable APIs, and integrations between systems.
• Build robust data pipelines and improve the reliability and performance of our software.
• Work directly with users to understand their needs and translate feedback into practical improvements.
• Own work from initial problem definition through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions that balance speed, quality, security, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or a closely related role, with meaningful experience shipping full-stack applications.
• Strong frontend skills with modern frameworks such as React, with an eye for usability and polish.
• Strong backend fundamentals, including API design, relational databases, data modeling, and integrations.
• Experience designing maintainable systems and making sound architectural tradeoffs.
• High agency and ownership: a track record of identifying problems, driving solutions, and delivering useful outcomes.
• Product judgment and clear communication, including the ability to work effectively with nontechnical users.
• A practical approach to testing, observability, and debugging across the stack.
• Experience working with modern AI-based engineering tools to complete work.

Helpful, but not required

• Experience building AI-powered/agentic products.
• Python experience and familiarity with cloud infrastructure.
• Experience working on complex business software or in an early-stage company.
• Legal-industry experience isn’t required.

Compensation and Structure

• Competitive salary plus equity.
• Compensation is commensurate with experience.
• This role is fully remote within the United States or Canada.

Why Us

Your users are your colleagues. You’ll see how your work is used, hear where it falls short, and have the opportunity to improve it directly. As part of a small engineering team, you’ll help shape both the product and the systems behind it, with ownership over work that changes how we deliver legal services.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t match every item above. Blackletter welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. For recruitment accommodations, contact [email protected].