JOB DESCRIPTION:

Velia Multiservices is partnering with a fast-growing LegalTech startup to hire a Product Engineer (Backend-Leaning Full Stack).

This is not a traditional engineering role. You'll work directly with founders and an in-house legal team to build AI-powered products transforming the U.S. immigration system. The team is moving fast, shipping aggressively, and looking for engineers who thrive in high-ownership, high-impact environments.

If you love building from 01, shipping production code quickly, and using AI as part of your daily workflow, this opportunity is built for you.

Product Engineer (Backend-Leaning Full Stack)

U.S.-Based Preferred
Early-Stage LegalTech Startup
Full-Time
Hybrid / In-Person Preferred
High Ownership | AI-Native Culture | Fast Execution

About the Company

Our client is an ambitious early-stage LegalTech startup reinventing how immigration law is practiced in the United States. By combining AI, automation, and modern software infrastructure, they are building tools that dramatically improve operational efficiency for legal teams and create a better experience for clients navigating immigration processes.

You'll join a lean, high-performing team where engineers work directly with decision-makers, ship quickly, and have visible impact from day one.

What You'll Do

• Own features end-to-end — from backend architecture and database design to the frontend experiences users interact with daily
• Build scalable APIs and internal systems using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS
• Develop performant and intuitive product experiences with React and TypeScript
• Work side-by-side with the internal legal team to deeply understand workflows and rapidly ship tools that save hours of manual work
• Build AI-powered workflows and product features leveraging LLMs and modern AI infrastructure
• Use AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex as core components of your engineering workflow
• Contribute to product direction, technical architecture, and engineering culture in a fast-moving startup environment
• Ship quickly, iterate constantly, and operate with a strong sense of ownership and urgency

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong backend engineering fundamentals with full-stack product instincts
• Experience building production applications with:
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • AWS
  • Docker
• Experience building 01 products in:
  • FAANG-level companies
  • High-growth VC-backed startups
  • Or as a technical founder
• Comfortable working directly with end users and stakeholders without layers of PM process
• Strong product sense and ability to move from ambiguity to execution quickly
• Proven ability to thrive in high-intensity startup environments

AI-Native Requirement

You must already use AI-assisted development tools daily as part of your workflow, including tools such as:

• Cursor
• Claude Code
• Codex
• Other AI-powered engineering tools

This team believes exceptional engineers leverage AI to dramatically increase execution speed and product iteration.

Education

• Degree from a Top-20 Computer Science program is required for candidates with less than 2 years of experience