Staff Software Engineer, Backend
About The Position
Ahoy, matey! At Ivo, we be invadin' the legal seas with our ingenious inventions. We were first to plunder the market with: An AI agent that lives in MS word and edits the document for ye [2023] Ditchin' imprecise embeddings models in favor o' agentic RAG [2023] Large-scale LLM-based legal fact extraction [2024] A legal assistant that can search large contract databases, without sacrificin' accuracy [2024] Clusterin' legal documents descended from the same family [2025] Automatic deviation analysis to locate buried risk in huge contract databases [2025] Mergin' contracts with their amendments to make a time series o' “composite” contracts (a customer actually cried when we showed her this) [2025] Role Our software solves all these problems (and more) at scale, and our Backend Engineers make it possible. Ye’ll work on: Buildin' systems that process and analyze millions o' contracts reliably Designin' pipelines that orchestrate LLMs, data extraction, and clusterin' algorithms at scale Creatin' the most accurate search and retrieval systems on the market Collaboratin' with lawyers and product to build the newly possible when LLMs change every few months Mission Every major business has an in-house legal team, and all o' those lawyers be overworked. 80 hour weeks, tight deadlines and contract-readin' death marches be the industry norm. Up until recently, there wasn’t anythin' technology could do to help this situation. LLMs have given us the ability to give these lawyers their lives back, and at Ivo, that’s our mission. We’re buildin' an AI-native platform to automate legal drudgery. People love our software - despite high competition, we have the highest trial win rate on the market (85%). We’re genuinely improvin' people’s lives, and we’re only just gettin' started. Ivo might be a good fit for ye if ye: Ye love writin' code, but ye love havin' impact more: We’re a team o' engineers at heart, but our #1 goal be buildin' the best possible product. That means makin' pragmatic choices and lookin' for 80/20 solutions. Would describe yourself as bein' relentlessly resourceful. Ye have a strong internal sense o' urgency. Ye have a bias towards doin' things today, rather than tomorrow. Experience workin' in a startup environment be preferred but not required. Be excited about the adventure o' buildin' a company! FAQ How far along be we? We launched in early access in 2023. Since then, we’ve had an incredible response from the market and be growin' rapidly. We 6x'd in ARR in the last 12 months. Our clients include companies like Uber, Reddit, IBM, Canva, Pinterest, WordPress, and more. We're happy to share more details with candidates who go through our interview process. Can I work remotely? We have an in-office culture, with some hybrid flexibility.
Requirements
- You love writing code, but you love having impact more: We’re a team of engineers at heart, but our #1 goal is building the best possible product. That means making pragmatic choices and looking for 80/20 solutions.
- Would describe yourself as being relentlessly resourceful
- You have a strong internal sense of urgency.
- You have a bias towards doing things today, rather than tomorrow.
- Are excited about the adventure of building a company!
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a startup environment is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Building systems that process and analyze millions of contracts reliably
- Designing pipelines that orchestrate LLMs, data extraction, and clustering algorithms at scale
- Creating the most accurate search and retrieval systems on the market
- Collaborating with lawyers and product to build the newly possible when LLMs change every few months
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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