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Laurel · 2 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer

Laurel is a leading AI Time platform for professional services firms, transforming how organizations capture and optimize their time. They are seeking a Staff Backend Software Engineer to enhance engineering practices and solve high-level business challenges through collaboration and innovative software solutions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)LegalMachine LearningProfessional ServicesSaaSSoftware
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Growth Opportunities
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Responsibilities

Develop: Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and extremely reliable code across our backend components of our applications
Collaborate: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to gather requirements, define technical specifications and measures of success, and deliver high-quality software solutions
Optimize: Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues. Continuously improve performance, scalability, and security of our applications
Innovate: Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and proactively suggest improvements and new features to enhance our products
Test and Deploy: Implement automated testing and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure robust and reliable software releases
Work with Product and Customer Success teams to flesh out business requirements and designs for those requirements and systems
Participate in an on call rotation
Connect: We want you not just to build but to engage with our product and our users. Your input and opinion will be highly valuable and it is expected that you have many thoughts on how things should be done and why

Qualification

TypescriptNode.jsMongoDBAI experienceMessaging queuesProblem-solvingCommunicationCustomer mindsetFull stack knowledgePythonPostgreSQLNestJSAirflow

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of professional experience in Backend Software development
Strong understanding of Typescript, Node.js, messaging queues (ie. AWS SQS), MongoDB
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and creatively
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
Proven ability to engage with customers and understand their needs

Preferred

Experience in AI
Full Stack knowledge is a plus
Experience with Python (Django, FastAPI, or Flask)
Familiarity with Airflow, PostgreSQL and NestJS

Benefits

Great employee benefits, including equity and 401K
Bi-annual, in-person company off-sites, in unique locations, to grow and share time with the team

Company

Laurel

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Laurel automates timesheet management for legal and accounting firms using AI.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$155.7M
Key Investors
IVPUpfront Ventures
2025-06-10Series C· $80M
2025-06-10Secondary Market· $20M
2022-03-01Series B· $36.5M

Leadership Team

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Ryan Alshak
CEO
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Kourosh Zamani
Co-Founder, Strategic Growth & Partnerships
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