EvenUp
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Platform
Toronto (hybrid) · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 204 days ago
PythonJavaGoC++Distributed SystemsAlgorithmsPostgreSQLElasticsearchKubernetesRESTMachine LearningLLMsA/B TestingAccessibilityCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- We empower personal injury lawyers and victims to get the justice they deserve.
- This role operates at the intersection of backend engineering, LLM integration, and hands-on experimentation.
- This is a hybrid role, 3x per week at our Toronto office three days per week.
Responsibilities
- Backend Systems & Infrastructure: Lead the design, development, and optimization of robust backend systems for deploying LLM-based algorithms and services.
- End-to-End Ownership: Manage projects through their complete lifecycle-from architecture to deployment, monitoring, and improvement.
- Cross-Team Enablement: Work with other engineering teams to understand use cases and deliver scalable platform solutions.
- Engineering Excellence: Develop high-quality, maintainable code using a modern tech stack (Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch).
- Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.
- Design, build, and enhance scalable backend systems supporting LLM-driven products and internal platforms.
- Own infrastructure and services for reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver reusable, scalable solutions.
- Maintain high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability.
- Drive projects from early design through deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.
Requirements
- Proficiency delivering production-ready code, managing infrastructure, and building RESTful APIs to industry standards.
- Experience owning and delivering complex technical projects.
- Proficiency in Python or other languages (Go, Java, C++).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Nice to have
- Experience in legal tech or social impact-driven products.
- Prior work supporting internal platforms or developer-facing tools.
Benefits
- Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family.
- Additional insurance coverage options for life, accident, or critical illness.
- Flexible paid time off, sick leave, short-term and long-term disability.
- A home office stipend.
- Paid parental leave.
- As part of our total rewards package, we offer attractive benefits and perks to our employees, including:
- Please note the above benefits & perks are for full-time employees
- We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- Bonus (Nice to have):
- Background with AI systems, LLMs, or machine learning infrastructure.
Company info
- EvenUp is on a mission to close the justice gap using technology and AI.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
- We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our company.
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