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Founding Full Stack Software Engineer, Legal

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senior Full time $293K - $325K San Francisco

First indexed 29 Jun 2026

Description

Compensation

The base pay for this role is $293K – $325K, with equity offered. Total compensation includes generous equity, performance-related bonuses, and benefits.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents)
  • Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays and multiple paid coordinated company office closures
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits

About the Team

The Legal team builds AI-powered products for the legal industry, transforming workflows and improving access to information.

About the Role

As a Founding Full-Stack Software Engineer on the Legal team, you'll help imagine, build, and scale new AI-powered products. You'll work across the stack to design user experiences, build backend systems, and create foundations for products used by legal professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship full-stack products leveraging OpenAI models for legal workflows
  • Own projects end-to-end, from prototypes to production deployment
  • Design and develop intuitive user experiences
  • Build scalable systems on top of OpenAI's platforms and APIs
  • Partner with product managers, designers, and customers to identify opportunities
  • Rapidly prototype and experiment with new AI capabilities
  • Develop a deep understanding of legal workflows and customer needs

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Experience building and shipping full-stack applications end-to-end
  • Strong frontend and backend engineering skills
  • Comfortable moving quickly, iterating based on feedback, and making technical decisions
  • Strong product instincts and collaboration skills
  • Excited by emerging AI capabilities and rethinking software development
  • Ability to learn quickly and choose the right tools to solve problems
  • Thrive in small, high-ownership teams with significant influence over product direction
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