Member of Technical Staff
Finch Legal14 hours ago
Base Salary
$180k - $280k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own major features end to end, from architecture decisions through production release.
- Build and scale foundational software, attorney-facing surfaces, and new products and services.
- Develop reliable and performant systems using Python/Django, React, and AWS.
- Ship AI-powered functionality that simplifies legal work for professionals and law firms.
- Partner with strategy and operations, product, growth, and legal teams to define priorities and solutions.
- Help shape engineering culture, standards, and practices as the team grows.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience building reliable and secure production software.
- Strong product sense and the ability to lead discovery and prioritize what to build.
- A track record of writing clean, testable, and maintainable code with attention to observability and performance.
- Ability to turn ambiguous problems into useful software and own the outcome.
- A working style grounded in urgency, ownership, and care for users.
- Proficiency in Python and React, or demonstrated ability to learn new technology stacks quickly.
- Experience with Django, AWS, or OpenAI APIs is a plus.
- Early-stage startup experience establishing engineering standards is a plus.
- Familiarity with document processing or data-heavy workflows is a plus.
Benefits
- Work with a collaborative, high-ownership engineering team on software that supports people through personal injury cases.
- Direct user feedback and meaningful impact on legal accessibility.
- Applied AI work with room to experiment.
- Work from Finch’s NYC office four days per week; this is not a remote-first role.
- Interview process generally includes an introductory conversation, technical interview, and onsite visit.
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About Finch Legal
Finch Legal builds software that automates administrative work for consumer-law practices and helps firms deliver client-first service, starting with personal injury. It sells B2B to law firms and partners closely with them on go-to-market and operational systems. The company is privately held and focuses on infrastructure that improves access to counsel by streamlining firm workflows and revenue operations.