atticus - Senior Backend Engineer - Representation

Los Angeles, California, United States$157k - $230k+ Equity2mo ago

Remote Senior NA Fintech Backend Engineer Senior Backend Developer Docker Kubernetes Terraform Later Mentoring

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building production software, including meaningful time at a seed-stage startup or as an early member of a new product team at a later-stage company — with clear evidence of increasing scope and ownership over time • Experience on a high-performing product team, working closely with strong PMs and designers to ship user-focused solutions • Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs, with a high bar for data modeling and architecture • Deep user empathy — you think carefully about the people using what you build, not just the technical implementation • A track record of mentoring engineers and genuine excitement about helping teammates grow • Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, & Docker • Background in industries with complex workflows — legal, healthcare, or financial services • Experience building products for consumers or two-sided marketplaces • Experience evolving systems as teams and traffic scale • Interest in developer experience, internal tooling, or team process improvement • We are strongly committed to building a diverse team. If you're from a background that's underrepresented in tech, we'd love to meet you.

Responsibilities

• Atticus works in an industry dominated by outdated technology that is ripe for fresh thinking. Our core competitors rely on massive call centers, antiquated CRMs, and paper checks. As a VC-backed tech company, our engineering team powers everything we do — from creating elegant and intuitive product experiences for people in crisis who are seeking legal aid, to building powerful tools for our network of attorneys that actually help them win the benefits they need. • We're looking for a backend-leaning senior software engineer to join our Representation Pod, a cross-functional team of engineers, PMs, and designers building the core tools that help the law firms in our network deliver consistent and effective representation for our clients. The Rep Pod is building new products from scratch: reimagining what legal experiences for our clients and attorneys with today’s technology. • This is a senior individual contributor role. You'll own complex backend challenges around how we structure data, systems, and APIs — while staying deeply connected to the clients & lawyers who use the products you build. That means bringing both genuine user empathy and sharp product instincts alongside the technical depth to make hard architectural decisions and see them through. • Own significant backend systems end-to-end: set and hold a high bar for architecture, design, implementation, and production health. • Partner closely with product and design to shape requirements, not just implement them — we trust your intuitions and want you to have opinions • You’ll bring 0-to-1 product thinking to an area where your work has a tangible impact on our client’s wellbeing. • Mentor engineers on the team, with particular emphasis on backend patterns • Work across the stack as needed, everything from frontend UI work to data systems.

Benefits

• This is a rare opportunity to join a startup with strong traction — substantial funding, well-respected backers, real growth, and thousands of happy customers — while still being small enough to have a huge impact and help shape our culture. • We're a certified B Corporation tackling a critical social problem. Everything we build touches real lives. • Competitive compensation including equity, plus: • Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered • 15 vacation days and ~20 paid holidays per year, including two weeks at end-of-year • Free OneMedical membership • $600/year internet stipend • $1,000/year education and training reimbursement • Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance • 401(k) and optional HSA/FSA • Base salary range: $157,250 to $230,000, plus equity and benefits. Offer will reflect candidate experience, skills, and internal equity. • Fully remote. Travel to LA on the company dime as needed — typically quarterly plus offsites. We invest seriously in in-person culture.