Founding Backend Engineer - Phaselaw

Founding Backend Engineer – Phaselaw Location: New York City or Raleigh/Durham Area Type: Full-time Salary: Competitive, with equity options About Phaselaw Phaselaw is rebuilding the legacy eDiscovery industry from the ground up, empowering in-house legal teams with tools for document production that bypass the existing services-heavy approach. We're Seed stage but are already working with Fortune 500 companies and are scaling rapidly. The Role We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to help us build and scale our core product. You'll work closely with our Founders and Engineering team to ship features and improve performance across backend systems -- from databases to data ingestion to AI systems. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role where you’ll directly shape the future of Phaselaw’s technology. What You’ll Do First Week Get onboarded, set up your dev environment, and dive into our systems. Ship a small update or bug fix to get familiar with the codebase. Use the product to understand how it works and identify areas for improvement. First Month Ship two major features By 90 Days Ship features updates daily/weekly with a strong focus on quality. Collaborate closely with the team and customers to shape the future of the product. What We’re Looking For 3+ years of experience in backend development, ideally with startups or fast-moving teams. Strong expertise in Python for backend development. Strong database expertise, including Postgres and/or Elasticsearch. Experience with modern infrastructure management, including Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. A bias for action: You ship fast and iterate based on feedback. Strong product sense: You think beyond the code and care about delivering an exceptional user experience. Extreme ownership: You're excited to make a mark and you make sure balls don't get dropped. Why Join Us? Impact: Your work will directly shape the product and the future of the company. Growth: High ownership, deep collaboration with company and tec