Senior Software Engineer

In the next 10 years, 90% of legal services will be delivered online. What’s the obstacle? Coding the expertise of all the world’s lawyers.

Gavel is the no-code, AI assisted infrastructure enabling this legal revolution.

We are a small passionate team led by Dorna Moini (CEO) and Pierre Martin (CTO), on a mission to change the way legal services and technology work for all. Law firms, nonprofits and courts in 23 different countries use our platform as the infrastructure to make legal services more accessible, intuitive, modern and scalable.

We have paying customers and an active community of > 15k builders and legal experts with supportive feedback. And we are well funded by top tier venture capital and the founders of code.org, will help us scale our product and reach.

If you want to work with brilliant people on groundbreaking ideas to fundamentally democratize the Justice system, we want you to join our team!

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❤️ What You'll Do

• Collaborate with senior engineers and tech leads to guide a small agile team of experienced software engineers on our next set of big challenges, from idea to software design and development best practices, all in a service-oriented environment.
• Partner across software, product, design and business teams to engineer and code the infrastructure which will accelerate adoption of online legal products.
• Shape Gavel’s software architecture across the stack.
• Contribute to Gavel’s technical hiring strategy and mentor a team of talented engineers.
• Work with cutting edge AI in the legal field
• Have the freedom and encouragement to create and innovate on behalf of our customers.
• This role reports directly to the CTO ‍

📄 What you’ll need

• 5+ years experience writing software professionally within service-oriented teams.
• A passion for solving hard problems. Think building a visual coding language to convert the law into code, interpreters for this language, etc.
• Full stack experience. Experience working with React, Node, Typescript; Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar data technology; Experience with devops and cloud infrastructure; Experience with cloud service architecture best practices.
• Strong knowledge of service-oriented development, and continuous development / continuous integration / continuous deployment best practices using Docker.
• Experience with service development on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or equivalent Cloud infrastructure providers.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English and ability to explain complex technical issues succinctly.
• Have a passion for building simple, elegant software solutions, and a track record of doing so. ‍

🤚 The Benefits are Real

• Competitive compensation package (including salary and equity opportunity)
• Flexible PTO, sick leave, and company-wide holidays
• Professional development allowance (e.g., courses and certifications)
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• Company 401(k) savings plan (non-matching)
• Option to work in-person (Seattle based) or remotely in the US

To apply to this job, apply directly on TeamUps, the platform that Gavel uses to centralize applications and technical assessment across all channels: https://teamups.breezy.hr/p/a6032f6db1bd-senior-software-engineer

Gavel is an equal opportunity employer and we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment, free from discrimination or harassment, for all employees.