Backend Engineer, Client Portal
Backend engineer building and owning the Client Portal at EvenUp, a legal-tech SaaS company that uses AI to help personal injury law firms secure better outcomes. Day to day spans the full project lifecycle: designing RESTful APIs, integrating third-party vendors, and optimizing application performance.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 3+ years of hands-on experience crafting applications and services
- Extensive experience integrating with third-party vendors and building dependable integration frameworks
- Skilled in designing and developing RESTful APIs following industry best practices
- Willingness to share knowledge and mentor fellow engineers
- Solid grasp of software fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
- Familiarity with protocols such as SOAP, REST, and GraphQL
- Familiarity with server-side languages like SQL
- Ability to communicate technical ideas in clear, actionable terms
Nice to have
- Experience with React/TypeScript
- Experience in AI, legal tech, and social impact projects
Full description
Life as an Engineer at EvenUp
EvenUp is on a mission to close the justice gap using technology and AI. We empower personal injury lawyers and victims to get the justice they deserve. Our products enable law firms to secure faster settlements, higher payouts, and better outcomes for victims injured through no fault of their own in vehicle collisions, accidents, natural disasters, and more.
We are one of the fastest-growing vertical SaaS companies in history, and we are just getting started. EvenUp is backed by top VCs, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, SignalFire, and Lightspeed. We are looking to expand our team with talented, driven, and collaborative individuals who seek to have a lasting impact. Learn more at www.evenuplaw.com.
What you’ll do:
- Actively engage in the full project lifecycle across the stack, with full ownership from conception to deployment and iteration.
- Collaborate closely with backend engineers, product owners & designers to develop efficient, innovative solutions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Conceptualize the design and development of interfaces and integration architecture.
- Document technical interface requirements and convert specifications into technical designs.
- Solve problems with extensive programming skills and abilities in multiple coding languages and frameworks.
- Optimizing application performance and responsiveness to ensure a smooth user experience.
What we look for:
- Development Experience: Over 3 years of hands-on, relevant experience crafting applications and services, ensuring intuitive and user-friendly experiences.
- Technical Expertise: Extensive experience in integrating with third-party vendors while designing and implementing efficient and dependable integration frameworks.
- API Design and Development: Skilled in crafting RESTful APIs adhering to industry best practices and standards, coupled with a willingness to impart knowledge and mentor fellow engineers.
- Versatile Skillset: Solid grasp of software development fundamentals, encompassing data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and familiarity with various protocols like SOAP, REST, and GraphQL, along with server-side languages like SQL.
- Skilled Communication: Ability to communicate technical ideas or issues in easy-to-understand and actionable terms.
- Bonus: experience with React/Typescript and experience in AI, legal tech, and social impact projects.