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Senior Back End Software Engineer (US)

Draftwise

United StatesRemoteFull-timeNo compensation foundPosted 1y agoVerified open 3 days ago
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At a glance

Compensation
No compensation found
Location
United StatesRemote
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Draftwise is hiring a Senior Back End Software Engineer (US). Draftwise is seeking an experienced back end software engineer to join their team. This role offers broad ownership and impact on technology, product, and culture. The engineer will implement new features, scale the platform, and improve performance, working alongside a first-rate engineering team. Challenges include building web technology, fine-tuning LLMs, and optimizing database queries.

Key focus areas include Implement exciting new features, Scale the platform, and Improve platform performance.

Successful candidates bring 5+ Years Professional Software Engineer Experience. Important skills include Java. Preferred (not required): Strong Communication Skills, Work Independently, Make Decisions With Minimal Supervision, and jOOQ.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

JavaStrong Communication SkillsWork IndependentlyMake Decisions With Minimal SupervisionjOOQDropwizardDaggerPostgreSQLElasticsearchTensorFlowKerasAWSDockerBuilding Deployment InfrastructureDeploying Deployment InfrastructureMaintaining Deployment InfrastructureBuilding Data-Intensive ApplicationsNLPSearch and IndexingData ProcessingLLMsEngineering Design DecisionsData Products Space

Qualifications

5+ Years Professional Software Engineer ExperienceWork on East Coast Time

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

About The Role We are looking for an experienced back end software engineer to join our team. As an experienced team member, you will have a broad ownership and impact on the technology, product, and our culture. You will work alongside a first-rate engineering team to implement exciting new features, scale the platform, and to make the platform more performant.

We have challenges at all levels of the stack, from building beautiful web technology to fine tuning LLMs to optimizing Postgres and Elasticsearch queries to deal with an ever-growing scale.

We’d love for you to take ownership of features, write performant, elegant code, and make meaningful architectural decisions.

What We Value

  • Strong communication skills in a transparent environment.

  • Creating an environment of trust through well-intentioned feedback.

  • Skills to work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision.

  • Interest in working in a lively environment with dynamic objectives.

  • Individual autonomy and ownership to build quality products. What We Offer

  • Remote-first work environment. (Engineering teams typically span UTC+3 to UTC-5.)

  • This role is best suited for someone who can work on East Coast time.

  • Competitive salary.

  • Equity-based compensation.

  • Private medical care.

  • New laptop and a work-from-home stipend for necessary accessories.

  • Generous PTO / sick leave.

  • Opportunities to lead our company as we disrupt the legal world. About You We're looking for engineers who have:

  • Strong overlap with DraftWise’s company values.

  • A focus on user impact and passion for shipping high-quality products that delights users

  • Extensive experience in Java.

  • 5+ years as a professional software engineer. It's also great if you have:

  • Worked with elements in our tech stack:

  • Development: Java 21, jOOQ, Dropwizard, Dagger

  • Data: Postgres, Elasticsearch, TensorFlow, Keras

  • DevOps: AWS, Docker

  • Experience in building, deploying, and maintaining deployment infrastructure.

  • Experience building data-intensive applications such as NLP, search and indexing, and data processing, LLMs.

  • Interest in being involved in engineering design decisions.

  • Interest in the data products space, and a love of building tools that helps enterprise users to do more.

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