Staff Software Engineer – Full Stack, Connect
Job Description
Position Overview
Engineers at Agiloft design, build, and deploy products designed to fundamentally change how contracts are created, reviewed, negotiated, and stored. You’ll be working with a team of experienced entrepreneurs, engineers, data scientists, designers, and legal subject matter experts to build cutting-edge innovations for afast-growing scale-up company.
Things we’ve built so far:
1. A global, enterprise-scale serverless platform on AWS, deployable on demand.
2. A suite of LLM-powered applications, employing thoughtful queuing and load balancing in order to manage LLM capacity at scale.
3. An API-first development culture, with a backend serving a growing number of frontend clients.
This role will lead the design and implementation of systems that extend the core Agiloft platform into a new generation of contract review and collaboration experiences. You’ll build high-leverage connective tissue that allows emerging
products and services to plug into the platform as first-class citizens. You’ll shape how data, workflows, and intelligence flow across systems, enabling seamless end- to-end contract experiences while setting technical patterns that make future expansion fast, elegant, and scalable.
Job Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of core platform features using Python and an API-first approachBuild scalable, reliable backend services that power our applications, integrating seamlessly with a modern cloud-based architectureImplement front-end features and help manage a growing React project in TypeScriptCollaborate with design and product teams to ensure that what we’re building is scalable, maintainable, and secureContribute to infrastructure and deployment workflows in our AWS serverless environment (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB)Independently lead proof-of-concept projects and tackle complex architectural and engineering challengesMentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions, raising the overall quality and effectiveness of the team Drive architectural decision-making that enables smooth integrations, data flow, and platform extensibilityAssess and adopt new technologies and frameworks when they add clear business or technical valueDefine and maintain engineering standards and best practices across backend, frontend, and cloud systemsOther duties as assignedRequired Qualifications
At least 10 years of professional experience as a software engineerStrong experience building backend services and APIs using Python in a product-focused environmentProficiency with AWS cloud services, particularly within a serverless architectureFamiliarity with infrastructure-as-code, observability tools, and cloud-native best practicesSelf-motivated and accountable, with a strong sense of ownership over the systems you buildCollaborative, low-ego team player who thrives in cross-functional settingsCreative and pragmatic problem solver with a mindset for building scalable, maintainable systemExtensive experience with the development of frontend applications, backend interfaces, and the integration in a SaaS architecture.Excellent problem-solving abilities and critical thinking skills.Demonstrated experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers with the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and influence technical decisions across teamsExcellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholdersProficiency in using relevant AI Tools in the SLDC (for example, GitHub Copilot, JetBrains AI Assistant) coding, and/or API integrations