Senior Software Engineer

Spellbook is the leading AI suite for commercial lawyers, trusted by more than 2,600 law firms and in-house teams worldwide. Our mission is to make legal services more accessible by empowering legal professionals with AI tools that enable them to work faster, smarter, and more efficiently. We've grown more than 25x since our launch in 2022 with customers like Nestle, Fender, Crocs, WSP and more - join us on our journey building magical tools that lawyers love.

THE TECH STACK

OpenAI and other large language models (LLMs), ReactJS, Node, Typescript, Mongo, Docker, AWS, CDK

Responsibilities

• Working as a part of a distributed team in a fast paced environment, identifying opportunities to make impactful enhancements to lawyer workflows
• Designing, architecting, and implementing new features in the Spellbook application.
• Using the latest large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other LLM providers to add and improve application functionality such as providing our customers with review suggestions they can use to improve their documents.
• Collaborate with our product management team on changes to our React application to improve customer experience.
• Add and improve application functionality by improving our Express and tRPC based API.
• Improving the performance and reliability of existing functionality and addressing user feedback through bug fixes.
• Building and maintaining application infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS) with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK).
• Conducting code reviews and providing constructive feedback to team members.
• Other responsibilities as required.
  
  

Qualifications

• You have 5+ years of experience in Software Development.
• You have exceptional communication skills. You can explain and advocate your ideas to a diverse audience.
• You can take a product feature from a vague abstract idea, to a demo beta implementation, to a production ready feature deployed to customers.
• You are a self-starter and problem-solver motivated by curiosity and a desire to help others succeed, encouraged by continuous improvement.
• You are a team player who is motivated to help Spellbook succeed. When things break you are eager and able to help fix them. You think of and implement ways to help and improve the work of the team as a whole.
• You have a firm grasp of the fundamentals of software development and computer engineering.
• You have the ability to break complex and vague customer requirements down into clear achievable plans to get product features shipped in record time.
  
  

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Experience with Javascript build tooling such as Vite, esbuild, and swc.
• Experience in small startup environments.
• Experience designing and building infrastructure on AWS in CDK.
• Proven experience driving new and innovative product features from concept to production.
• Demonstrated ability working with LLMs, improving prompts, and orchestrating agents.
  
  

WHY JOIN SPELLBOOK?

• Embrace autonomy and accountability in a flexible, remote work environment; we focus on outcomes and empower you to determine how to get the job done
• Access our company-paid group benefits for you and your family, with $1,000 towards mental health support
• Disconnect during our holiday closure and take advantage of our generous time off policies throughout the year
• Enjoy monthly paid meals, an annual wellness allowance to support your well-being and parental leave top-ups as your family grows
• Secure your stake in our success; you’ll receive competitive stock option grants as a pivotal early employee
  
  

We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive candidate experience. Should you require any accommodation whatsoever during the interview process, please inform us without any hesitation.

Spellbook is dedicated to ensuring equal treatment and opportunity in all phases of recruitment, selection, and employment, in compliance with employment law. We do not discriminate based on gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other protected category. Spellbook is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, fostering a culture of inclusivity and maintaining a work environment that is free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.