As a Senior Software Development Engineer at Filevine, you will develop and maintain backend applications, optimize software quality, and mentor junior engineers while working on innovative AI features.
Filevine is forging the future of legal work with cloud-based workflow tools. We have a reputation for intuitive, streamlined technology that helps professionals manage their organization and serve their clients better. We’re also known for our team of extraordinary and passionate professionals who love working together to help organizations thrive. Our success has catapulted Filevine to the forefront of our field—we are ranked as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country by both Deloitte and Inc.
Our Mission
Filevine is building the seamless intersection between legal and business by creating a world- class platform to help professionals scale.
About Filevine:
Filevine is changing the way legal work gets done for law practitioners and their clients. As the leading legal operating system, Filevine is dedicated to empowering organizations with tools to simplify and elevate complex, high-stakes legal work. Powering everything from document and case management to timekeeping, billing and business analytics, over 3,400 law firms and legal teams use Filevine daily to deliver excellence.
2023 was a groundbreaking year for Filevine, as we launched a suite of AI-powered features that are transforming the legal industry.
- LeadsAI helps law firms evaluate cases faster, analyze client sentiment, identify potential problems, and predict case success.
- DemandsAI is an AI-driven demand letter generation solution that helps law firms prepare demand letters more quickly and accurately.
- ImmigrationAI streamlines the immigration process by automating tasks, reducing errors, and ensuring accuracy.
- AI Fields is a powerful tool that can enhance legal work by minimizing manual tasks, facilitating fact-checking, and quickly answering complex queries.
With these groundbreaking AI features, Filevine is empowering law firms and legal teams to deliver excellence to their clients with unprecedented speed and efficiency.
About Outlaw:
In April 2021, we acquired Outlaw, which is an end-to-end, modern contract management solution that streamlines the contract lifecycle for organizations - from templated document generation to cloud-based redlining to real-time negotiation and eSigning. Unlike other contract tools, Outlaw includes an advanced proprietary word processor which enables organizations to transform existing contracts into reusable templates that are error-free and seamlessly editable with dynamic legal logic built in.
We are seeking a Backend Engineer to join Outlaw's agile development team and continue rapidly adding new functionality to our best-in-class platform.
This role reports directly to the VP of Engineering at Outlaw
Primary Duties and 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
Knowledge & Skills
- 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
- 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
- Firebase Realtime Database experience
- PDF/DOCX document processing
Required Skills:
Strongly Preferred:
Nice to Have:
Education
- B.S. in computer science, information systems, a related field; comparable certifications; or equivalent direct work experience
Cool Company Benefits:
- A dynamic, rapidly growing company, focused on helping organizations thrive
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
- Competitive & Fair Pay
- Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
- Short & long-term disability
- Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
- Centrally located open office building in Sugar House (onsite employees)
- Top-of-the-line company swag
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Top Skills
Ai/Ml Api
Docker
Elasticsearch
Express.Js
Firebase
GCP
JavaScript
Node.js
Postgres
Restful Api
Typescript
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