Founding Product Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage legal technology team as a Founding Product Engineer, building core software that helps transform how legal work gets done. You will work closely with attorneys and AI engineers to turn real-world legal workflows into reliable, production-ready products, while helping establish engineering practices as the team grows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build and own full-stack product features, from data models and backend systems to interfaces used by attorneys and clients. - Partner with attorneys and AI engineers to translate legal workflows and review playbooks into software. - Make pragmatic architecture and tooling decisions that support rapid development and future growth. - Write maintainable code, support production reliability, and take ownership of features through deployment and ongoing use. - Contribute to engineering culture, standards, and hiring as the team expands. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 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 and user-facing interfaces, 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 working directly with domain experts is helpful. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary range: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California, with an in-person schedule of six days per week.