Senior Backend Engineer, Entities & Platform

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Lead the design and development of scalable backend systems for LLM-driven products, collaborating closely with data scientists and engineers to deliver impactful solutions.

EvenUp is on a mission to close the justice gap using technology and AI. We empower personal injury lawyers and victims to get the justice they deserve. Our products enable law firms to secure faster settlements, higher payouts, and better outcomes for victims injured through no fault of their own in vehicle collisions, accidents, natural disasters, and more.

We are one of the fastest-growing vertical SaaS companies in history, and we are just getting started. EvenUp is backed by top VCs, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, SignalFire, and Lightspeed. We are looking to expand our team with talented, driven, and collaborative individuals who seek to have a lasting impact. Learn more at www.evenuplaw.com.

Location: San Francisco, CA
Work Model: Hybrid (#LI-Hybrid)

About EvenUp

EvenUp is on a mission to close the justice gap using technology and AI. We empower personal injury lawyers and victims to obtain the justice they deserve. Our products enable law firms to achieve faster settlements, higher payouts, and better outcomes for individuals injured through no fault of their own.

Backed by leading investors such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, SignalFire, and Lightspeed, EvenUp is one of the fastest-growing vertical SaaS companies in history. We're building a dedicated team of ambitious, collaborative builders driven to create meaningful and lasting impact.

About the AI Platform Team

The AI Platform team is responsible for making large language models (LLMs) accessible, reliable, and production-ready for our engineering organization. This team has already shipped industry-leading LLMs tailored for legal workflows, extracting and synthesizing insights from complex client documents at scale.

You'll operate at the crossroads of backend engineering, applied AI, and experimentation—working alongside data scientists, researchers, and product engineers to deliver dependable, cutting-edge systems used every day.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable backend systems and infrastructure powering LLM-driven products

  • Own initiatives end-to-end, from initial design through deployment, monitoring, and continuous iteration

  • Develop and evolve internal platforms to enable engineering teams to use generative AI safely and efficiently

  • Collaborate closely with data science, research, and product engineering teams on high-impact projects

  • Translate stakeholder requirements into robust, well-architected solutions that scale

  • Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code with a modern backend stack (including Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and related technologies)

  • Establish and promote engineering best practices in reliability, observability, performance, and security

What We’re Looking For

  • Extensive experience developing backend frameworks, libraries, or distributed systems with a strong emphasis on reliability and performance

  • Demonstrated success delivering production-quality software, including APIs, infrastructure, and data-intensive systems

  • Excellent system design abilities and a proven track record of owning and delivering complex engineering projects

  • Comfort navigating fast-paced, startup environments with evolving needs

  • Deep proficiency in Python, or significant experience with languages such as Go, Java, or C++

  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative, ownership-driven approach

Bonus Points

  • Experience working with LLMs, AI platforms, or machine learning infrastructure

  • Background in legal technology or other regulated industries

  • Passion for mission-driven or social impact work

Notice to Candidates:

EvenUp has been made aware of fraudulent job postings and unaffiliated third parties posing as our recruiting team – please know that we have no affiliation or connection to these situations. We only post open roles on our career page (evenuplaw.com/careers) or reputable job boards like our official LinkedIn or Indeed pages, and all official EvenUp recruitment emails will come from the domains @evenuplaw.com, @evenup.ai, @ext-evenuplaw.com, [email protected] or no‑[email protected] email addresses.

To ensure fairness and proper consideration, we do not accept resumes or expressions of interest via email or social media messages. If you’re interested in a role, please submit your application directly through our careers page.

If you receive communication from someone you believe is impersonating EvenUp, please report it to us at [email protected]. Examples of fraudulent domains include “careers-evenuplaw.com” and “careers-evenuplaws.com”.

Benefits & Perks:

As part of our total rewards package, we offer attractive benefits and perks to our employees, including:

  • 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

Please note the above benefits & perks are for full-time employees

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.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family
  • Home Office Stipend: A home office stipend
  • Office hubs in San Francisco and Toronto: Hubs in San Francisco and Toronto
  • Paid Parental Leave: Paid parental leave
  • Paid Time Off: Flexible paid time off, sick leave, short-term and long-term disability
Salary
CAD $150,000 – CAD $215,000 per year
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