Senior Senior Backend Engineer - Python

Posted Yesterday
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
165K-215K Annually
Senior level
Legal Tech • Software
Filevine is a top-rated cloud-based case management solution for small and midsize legal firms and legal professionals.
The Role
Design and implement durable, fault-tolerant AI orchestration and backend systems using Temporal and agentic ReAct patterns. Deliver features end-to-end with testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability; mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate legal workflows into reliable AI-powered features.
Summary Generated by Built In
Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. Grounded in a singular system of truth, Filevine brings together data, documents, workflows, and teams into one unified platform—where modern legal work happens with clarity and consistency.
 
Powered by LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System, Filevine connects context across every matter to transform legal operations from reactive to proactive. LOIS reads, understands, and reasons across your data to surface insight, automate complexity, and give professionals the clarity and confidence to see more, know more, and do more. Fueled by a team of exceptional collaborators and innovators, Filevine’s rapid growth has earned AI awards and recognition from Deloitte and Inc. as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country.

Responsibilites

    •       Contribute to the design and evolution of the AI orchestration layer, building durable, fault-tolerant agentic workflows using Temporal activities and ReAct reasoning loops powered by pydantic-ai and Claude.

    •       Deliver features across their complete lifecycle — from design and prototyping through implementation, pytest/syrupy snapshot testing, GitLab CI/CD deployment via Octopus Deploy, and New Relic APM post-launch monitoring.
     
    •       Uphold engineering excellence by conducting thorough code reviews, writing comprehensive tests (unit, integration, Playwright end-to-end), maintaining structlog observability, and upholding uv monorepo workspace standards.
     
    •       Mentor mid-level and junior engineers in async Python best practices, pydantic-ai agent design, and clean, testable agentic architecture.
     
    •       Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, legal domain experts, and frontend engineers to translate complex attorney workflows into reliable, high-impact AI-powered features.
     
    •       Actively participate in cross-team planning, design reviews, sprint ceremonies, and AI platform standards discussions.
     
    •       Communicate technical trade-offs, agentic design decisions, and reliability impacts clearly to both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, while contributing to AI orchestration roadmap discussions.

Qualifications

    •       6+ years of professional backend development experience with expert-level mastery of Python (3.12+), async/await, FastAPI, and Pydantic v2.
     
    •       Proven production experience building complex, distributed systems — ideally including durable workflow orchestration (Temporal or equivalent), message queues, or event-driven architectures.
     
    •       Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate agentic design decisions, reliability trade-offs, and LLM behavior to non-technical stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
     
    •       Growth mindset, strong collaborative approach, genuine passion for mentoring others, and proven track record of delivering high-impact features end-to-end in fast-moving production environments.
     
    •       Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred — equivalent experience, certifications, or demonstrated expertise with a strong production track record considered equally.

Cool Company Benefits:
- A dynamic, rapidly growing company, focused on helping organizations thrive 
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
- Competitive & Fair Pay
- Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
- Short & long-term disability
- Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
- Top-of-the-line company swag
 
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Skills Required

  • 6+ years professional backend development experience
  • Expert-level Python (3.12+) and async/await
  • FastAPI
  • Pydantic v2
  • Proven production experience building complex distributed systems
  • Exceptional communication skills (articulating design and LLM behavior to non-technical stakeholders)
  • Experience with durable workflow orchestration (Temporal or equivalent)
  • Experience with message queues or event-driven architectures
  • Experience with pytest and syrupy snapshot testing
  • Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD and Octopus Deploy
  • Experience with New Relic APM and structlog observability
  • Experience with Playwright end-to-end testing
  • Familiarity with pydantic-ai agent design and LLMs (Claude)
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)

Filevine Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Filevine and has not been reviewed or approved by Filevine.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as covering the major bases (medical, dental, vision) and is often framed as decent quality. In some cases, premiums and copays are portrayed as relatively favorable, suggesting tangible value from the plans.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is positioned as a standard, clearly offered benefit. The presence of parental leave alongside disability coverage signals baseline family-support provisions typical of growth-stage tech employers.
  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Compensation is sometimes framed as fair or reasonable relative to role expectations, with technical roles in particular appearing closer to market-aligned ranges. This creates pockets where pay is perceived as competitive even if not consistently top-of-market across the company.

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The Company
HQ: Salt Lake City, UT
450 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Filevine is case management software built for and inspired by real attorneys. As a fully-featured suite of tools, it comes ready to manage every part of a moving case. Assign tasks, upload files or images, monitor staff productivity, and communicate with your client directly from within their case file. Our software is built on the truth that every law firm functions differently. That’s why Filevine is so customizable. Build new case-type templates, design automatic workflows, and receive customized reports on a schedule that fits your needs. Accessing your information is never a problem, because Filevine is hosted on The Cloud. To ensure security, your law firm’s data is protected through state-of-the-art encryption on redundant servers. All you need to get started is an internet connection and your favorite web browser. Learn more at filevine.com.

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