Senior Backend Engineer, Client Portal

EvenUp EvenUp · Vertical AI · Toronto, ON · Hybrid · Engineering

This role is for a Senior Backend Engineer focused on client portal development and software integrations within a legal tech company that utilizes AI. The engineer will be responsible for the full project lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and optimize solutions. While the company uses AI, this specific role is not directly involved in building or researching AI models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Actively engage in the full project lifecycle across the stack, with full ownership from conception to deployment and iteration.
  2. Collaborate closely with backend engineers, product owners & designers to develop efficient, innovative solutions.
  3. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
  4. Conceptualize the design and development of interfaces and integration architecture.
  5. Document technical interface requirements and convert specifications into technical designs.

Skills

Required

  • 5 years of hands-on, relevant experience crafting applications and services
  • Extensive experience in integrating with third-party vendors
  • designing and implementing efficient and dependable integration frameworks
  • Skilled in crafting RESTful APIs adhering to industry best practices and standards
  • Solid grasp of software development fundamentals, encompassing data structures, algorithms, design patterns
  • familiarity with various protocols like SOAP, REST, and GraphQL
  • server-side languages like SQL
  • Skilled Communication

Nice to have

  • experience with React/Typescript
  • experience in AI
  • legal tech
  • social impact projects

What the JD emphasized

  • full ownership
  • extensive programming skills
  • integrating with third-party vendors
  • designing and implementing efficient and dependable integration frameworks
  • crafting RESTful APIs adhering to industry best practices and standards