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About The Company The client is building an AI-native platform for modern law firms. Legal work is evolving rapidly, but much of the industry's workflow continues to rely on fragmented software and manual processes. The team is building an intelligent platform that helps law firms streamline work across the entire legal lifecycle, including document screening, drafting, filing, research, compliance, and other high-value legal workflows. Their founding team combines deep expertise across both law and technology, giving us a unique perspective on how AI can fundamentally reshape legal operations while maintaining the precision and reliability that the profession demands. We're looking for engineers who want to build products from first principles, move quickly, and help define the future of AI in legal technology. About The Role We're hiring a Lead Engineer to help build the core platform from the ground up. This is a high-ownership role. You'll work across backend systems, AI infrastructure, product architecture, and deployment, collaborating directly with the founders to design and ship features that reach customers quickly. If you enjoy solving hard engineering problems, shipping fast, and working in a small, ambitious team, we'd like to talk. What You'll Build - AI-powered legal workflows for law firms - Agentic systems for drafting, screening, and legal document analysis - Reliable backend services and APIs - Retrieval and knowledge systems for legal intelligence - Evaluation pipelines to improve AI quality and reliability - Internal developer tooling and scalable platform infrastructure What We're Looking For - Around 5 years or more of software engineering experience - Strong Proficiency in at least one backend language: Python (FastAPI or Django), or Node.js - Experience working with at least one database: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or another relational database - Understanding of modern AI application architecture, including concepts such as: Agentic systems AI SDKs Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Prompt engineering Evaluation frameworks (Evals) - Strong system design and problem-solving skills - Ability to ship production-quality software quickly - High ownership and bias toward execution - Comfortable learning current technologies as the product evolves Nice to Have - Experience building products in Compliance, FinTech, RegTech, or LegalTech - Experience deploying and operating AI-powered production systems - Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern deployment workflows - Experience working in an early-stage startup - Experience leading teams or mentoring people What We Value - High agency - Strong engineering fundamentals - Curiosity and continuous learning - Fast execution without compromising quality - Clear communication and collaborative problem solving Why Join Us - You'll be joining at the earliest stage of the company and will help shape both the product and the engineering culture. - This is an opportunity to work directly with founders who combine legal and technical expertise, solve meaningful problems for the legal industry, and build AI systems that are used every day by legal professionals. - If building from zero excites you more than maintaining legacy systems, we'd love to hear from you Skills:- Python, NodeJS (Node.js), MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLM) and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) .
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.