Senior Software Development Engineer (Backend)

Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to join Outlaw's agile development team to enhance their best-in-class platform by developing web applications and supporting existing applications.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise to the back end development team by efficiently and productively:
• Developing web based applications using technologies such as NodeJS, Webpack, Firebase, ElasticSearch, GCP
• Performing day to day maintenance and support of all existing applications in use at Outlaw
• Preserving and optimizing the quality of the software
• Innovating and improving on the software, features, processes, and technology
• Query and manipulate data (troubleshoot, reports, migrations, ...)
• API integration and maintenance. (Proprietary Open API, third-party APIs)
• Performing detailed code reviews
• Work within the assigned team to complete duties as assigned, while mentoring and reviewing more junior engineers
• Be part of an on-call rotation with other team members to provide escalated emergency support
• Communicate frequently, clearly, and effectively with various technical and management audiences

Requirements:

• 7+ years Node.js backend development experience
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills
• PostgreSQL database design and optimization
• RESTful API design and implementation
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP strongly preferred)
• Express.js or similar web framework
• Docker and containerization
• Authentication and authorization patterns
• B.S. in computer science, information systems, a related field; comparable certifications; or equivalent direct work experience
• Elasticsearch experience
• Microservices architecture
• Message queue experience
• Performance optimization expertise
• Security best practices
• AI/ML API integration (OpenAI, Anthropic)
• Cloud Functions/serverless experience
• Third-party API integration experience
• Background job processing