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Job Description:
Summary
At Epiq AI Labs, we’re building an AI-driven platform for legal discovery and knowledge management. Our mission is to transform how law firms and legal service providers manage complex litigation, process documents, and uncover actionable insights. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, our platform enables the discovery of hidden connections, accelerates decision-making, and drives better legal outcomes.
As a Backend Software Engineer, you will design and implement scalable, high-performance systems that power our AI and data-processing capabilities. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, front-end engineers, and legal experts to deliver solutions that solve real-world problems in legal space.
Job Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems for AI-driven legal solutions.
- Design and implement APIs for seamless interaction between frontend applications and backend systems, including integration with external services.
- Optimize applications for performance and low-latency operations in data-intensive workflows.
- Design efficient data structures and algorithms to process and analyze large-scale legal datasets.
- Establish and uphold high coding standards through best practices, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user workflows and deliver cohesive experiences across the platform.
Technologies We Use:
- Backend languages: Python, C#, Java
- Databases: Lucene, PostgreSQL, Qdrant
- Containerization & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Gradle
Education and Qualification
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years’ proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems for live production environments.
- Strong understanding of data structures, distributed system architecture, API design for microservices, and backend best practices.
- Experience building and maintaining high-quality software in a fast-paced CI/CD environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to incorporate feedback and uphold high standards.
- Passion for creating user-centric solutions and working effectively in dynamic, collaborative environments.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. In addition Epiq will take affirmative action for minorities, women, covered veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
