Founding Product Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage legal technology team building AI-powered software for legal workflows. As a Founding Product Engineer, you will work closely with attorneys and AI engineers to develop core product capabilities and help establish engineering practices as the team grows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build and own full-stack product features, from data models to interfaces used by attorneys and clients. - Translate legal workflows and review playbooks into reliable, production-grade software with domain experts and AI engineers. - Make pragmatic architecture and tooling decisions that support rapid development and future needs. - Write maintainable code, improve reliability, and take responsibility for features in production. - Help shape engineering standards, culture, and hiring as the team expands. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Three to four years of professional engineering experience, including experience building and shipping production software at an early-stage company or as a founder. - Full-stack 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 from conception through deployment, making sound engineering trade-offs, and building reliable systems for complex workflows. - A completed computer science degree, strong product instincts, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity and minimal process. - Experience with legal technology, contract management, document processing, or working directly with domain experts is helpful. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $140,000 to $180,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California, six days per week. Relocation is not employer-funded.