Senior Backend Engineer, Agents

EvenUp

full-time

Posted on: 8/28/2025

Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $125,000 - $220,500 per year

Senior

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoJavaKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

EvenUp mission to close the justice gap using technology and AI, empowering personal injury lawyers and victims
Join SF team to build backend systems for AI-powered legal tech platform and support San Francisco expansion
Hybrid role with 3 days per week in San Francisco office
Design, develop, and optimize robust, scalable backend systems ensuring reliability and performance at scale
Collaborate with engineering teams on product requirements and deliver scalable solutions
Work on complex backend challenges including data processing, infrastructure, and integration of large-scale ML models
Drive development of backend frameworks, libraries, and systems
Mentor, onboard, and build engineering culture; take ownership of projects from inception to deployment

Extensive experience in backend development and a strong understanding of distributed systems
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C++ with the ability to write clean, maintainable, and production-ready code
Proven experience with building scalable, reliable systems and APIs in a high-performance environment
Experience working in a startup environment and ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced culture
A strong understanding of modern engineering practices, including test-driven development, code reviews, and deployment pipelines
Experience in cloud infrastructure, preferably with technologies like AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical solutions to cross-functional teams
Leadership potential: You’ll help mentor junior engineers and guide the development of best practices as we grow the team