Senior Software Engineer: Backend

New York, New York, United States

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$190,000 – $315,000Compensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Legal Tech, Artificial IntelligenceIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should have 5+ years of experience building products, either in grad school or in production environments, with strong Python skills. Demonstrated ability to ship quickly, especially in early-stage environments while building scalable enterprise software, is required. Experience working at early-stage startups is a plus.

Responsibilities

The Founding AI Engineer will build and deploy agentic systems using Python to automate, evaluate, and scale end-to-end legal workflows. They will engage in zero-to-one product development, rapidly prototyping, evaluating, integrating, and testing new product features in close partnership with customers and the legal team. Responsibilities also include developing new AI-native workflows, implementing streaming, long-running tasks, and procedural UX for new AI tasks, balancing state-of-the-art approaches with pragmatism.

Skills

Python

Agentic Systems

Product Development

Streaming

Long-running tasks

Procedural UX

Pear VC

Venture capital firm for early-stage startups

About Pear VC

Pear VC specializes in providing venture capital for pre-seed and seed stage investments. The firm collaborates with founders to transform innovative ideas into successful companies across various sectors, including AI, healthcare, fintech, and more. Their investment strategy focuses on early-stage startups, offering not just financial support but also expertise and a strong network to help these businesses grow. Pear VC distinguishes itself from competitors through its hands-on approach, providing strategic advice and operational assistance to ensure startups remain agile and focused on their customers. The goal of Pear VC is to guide startups through their early development phases, helping them achieve significant growth and success.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2013Year Founded

$2,738.4MTotal Funding

UNKNOWNCompany Stage

Venture Capital, Fintech, AI & Machine LearningIndustries

51-200Employees