Senior Backend Engineer - Remote

100% remote role working at a Series A AI startup!

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Salary: $170,000 - $220,000 per year

A bit about us:

Location: Remote (United States - prefer EST or CST time zone but open to any time zone for the right candidate)

Compensation: $170–220K base + equity (0.5–0.7%)

Employment Type: Full-time

We’re working with a stealthy, fast-moving legal AI startup that’s making major strides in modernizing enterprise law firms deal processes through powerful backend infrastructure and cutting-edge AI integration. With over $1M ARR in the last five months, Series A funding, and an elite team of 20 (including 9 engineers), they’re now hiring Senior Backend Engineers to expand their core product capabilities.

Tech Stack: Golang, Postgres, GCP, Kubernetes, React, Temporal, GitOps, ArgoCD, OpenAI, Anthropic

Why join us?

Remote flexibility

Work on greenfield backend systems with wide scope and autonomy.

Ship products used directly by enterprise customers.

Join a senior, collaborative engineering team focused on pragmatic execution.

Chance to work in a Series A recently funded startup. Job Details

Ideal Background:

5–10 years of experience as a backend or backend-heavy fullstack engineer.

Strong experience with Golang in production.

Startup experience preferred, ideally at a company <500 employees.

Strong progression from mid senior staff roles within ~3 years per level.

Preferably from a top university (e.g., U.S. Top 50 overall)

Based in EST or CST time zones preferred, but flexible. Not a Fit If:

Frontend-heavy or frontend-only engineers.

Only large-company experience with no startup/small team exposure.

Consulting/outsourced backgrounds (e.g., Infosys, Capgemini, etc.).

Bootcamp-only education or less than 3 years experience.

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