Senior Software Engineer – Backend, Legal Pros

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Act as a backend engineer within the Search and EVAL teams.

• Tackle highly intricate technical challenges associated with search systems and quality evaluation.

• Play a key role in ranking, relevance, experimentation, and the optimization of user behavior.

• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and product teams that concentrate on enhancing the search experience.

• Engage in the process from technical conception to delivery, gaining increasing autonomy.

• Design and manage APIs, high-throughput systems, and continuous experimentation, which includes A/B testing and data analysis.

• Integrate applications with artificial intelligence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in backend development (Python, Go, or similar languages).

• Knowledge of REST APIs and asynchronous communication methods (such as queues and events).

• Proficient with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL or similar).

• Capability to work with distributed, large-scale systems.

• Strong analytical abilities, comfortable utilizing experimentation, testing, and data-driven optimization techniques.

• Excellent technical communication skills and a collaborative mindset while working alongside peers and cross-functional teams.

• Proficient in the integrated use of AI in development (e.g., automation, code generation, agents)—extensive and fluent application is required, not just superficial knowledge.

• Familiarity with high-throughput systems or messaging platforms (such as Kafka or RabbitMQ).

• Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and reliability practices (SRE mindset).

• Experience with large language models (LLMs) or embedding AI models into products.

• Understanding of cloud infrastructure (GCP or AWS).

• Prior experience with search systems (such as Elasticsearch or similar) is advantageous.

• An academic qualification (master’s or doctoral degree) is a plus.

• A history of publications or applied research projects is a plus.

• Previous experience with search systems is not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work model: enjoy the freedom to choose your living location without sacrificing career opportunities.

• Practical and integrated use of AI in development as a daily tool.