Senior Backend Engineer, Entities
EVENUP INCORPORATED
San Francisco, United States of America
yesterday
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Remote
San Francisco, United States of America
Tech stack
Clean Code Principles
Java
Artificial Intelligence
Distributed Systems
Elasticsearch
Python
PostgreSQL
Machine Learning
Large Language Models
Backend
AI Platforms
Kubernetes
Production Code
REST
Job description
- Design, build, and enhance scalable Back End systems supporting LLM-driven products and internal platforms
- Own infrastructure and services for reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems
- Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver reusable, scalable solutions
- Influence the technical direction and long-term architecture of EvenUp's AI platform
- Maintain high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability
- Drive projects from early design through deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement
What You'll Do
- Backend Systems & Infrastructure: Lead the design, development, and optimization of robust Back End systems for deploying LLM-based algorithms and services
- End-to-End Ownership: Manage projects through their complete lifecycle-from architecture to deployment, monitoring, and improvement
- Cross-Team Enablement: Work with other engineering teams to understand use cases and deliver scalable platform solutions
- Engineering Excellence: Develop high-quality, maintainable code using a modern tech stack (Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch)
- Growth & Collaboration: Grow as an engineer working alongside world-class peers on impactful, cutting-edge generative AI projects
Requirements
- Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance
- Proficiency delivering production-ready code, managing infrastructure, and building RESTful APIs to industry standards
- Experience owning and delivering complex technical projects
- Success in startup or high-growth environments valuing speed, collaboration, and ownership
- Proficiency in Python or other languages (Go, Java, C+)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven cross-disciplinary collaboration
Bonus (Nice to Have)
- Background with AI systems, LLMs, or machine learning infrastructure
- Experience in legal tech or social impact-driven products
- Prior work supporting internal platforms or developer-facing tools
Benefits & conditions
EvenUp is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family
- Additional insurance coverage options for life, accident, or critical illness
- Flexible paid time off, sick leave, short-term and long-term disability
- 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
- Paid parental leave
- A local in-person meet-up program
- Hubs in San Francisco and Toronto
About the company
? Life as an Engineer at EvenUp Location & Work Model
This is a hybrid role, 3x per week at our SF office three days per week.
About the Team
Join EvenUp's AI Platform team, dedicated to making large language models (LLMs) more accessible, scalable, and impactful across the engineering organization. We build leading LLM-powered systems for the legal industry, transforming how complex legal documents are extracted, summarized, and structured for use by our clients every day.
This role operates at the intersection of Back End engineering, LLM integration, and hands-on experimentation. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of Data Scientists, Researchers, and Software Engineers to tackle challenging generative AI problems. Together, we maintain the foundational infrastructure enabling EvenUp's product teams to leverage LLMs safely and efficiently at scale.
This is an excellent opportunity for engineers seeking deep technical ownership, Back End system design, and work on innovative platforms that create impact across an entire company-while contributing to technology that advances fairness and accessibility within the legal system.