Senior Senior Backend Engineer - Python

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer – Python based in United States.

This role sits at the core of a rapidly evolving AI-powered platform transforming how legal professionals work through intelligent automation and unified data systems. You will design and build highly scalable backend systems that power agentic AI workflows, orchestration layers, and real-time legal intelligence capabilities. The position blends deep backend engineering with modern AI system design, requiring comfort working across distributed architectures, asynchronous Python services, and LLM-driven workflows. You will contribute to a platform where reliability, observability, and performance are critical, as the systems directly support high-stakes legal operations. Working closely with product, design, and domain experts, you will help translate complex legal workflows into robust, production-grade AI features. This is a high-impact engineering environment where experimentation, rigor, and engineering excellence are equally valued. You will also play a key role in mentoring engineers and shaping backend architecture standards across the organization.