Ironclad · 8 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$210K/yr - $235K/yrIronclad is a leading AI contracting platform that transforms agreements into assets. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI to lead the development of AI features and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and product capabilities.
Enterprise SoftwareLegal TechManagement Information SystemsSaaS
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and deployment of features from end-to-end using TypeScript, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL, ensuring high performance and availability
Be a primary contributor to the next generation of AI-powered legal features, including specialized summarization, drafting, editing, and document comparison functionalities utilizing LLMs
Build and maintain reliable, highly scalable software and services designed for a high-traffic SaaS environment
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and QE counterparts to rapidly prototype, iterate on designs, and make frequent, agile pivots based on user feedback
Maintain a high degree of customer empathy, ensuring technical decisions prioritize user experience and directly address customer pain points, creating measurable product impact
Work with platform teams to consume and manage internal LLM APIs, ensuring resilient connections and efficient token usage to meet strict latency targets
Qualification
Required
Deep professional experience with the core tech stack: TypeScript, Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL
Proven track record of building, deploying, and maintaining reliable, highly scalable software for SaaS applications
Extensive experience consuming LLMs via APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini, or proprietary models) and integrating them successfully into production-facing features
Practical experience building and shipping accurate and successful AI features or products, such as chatbots, summarization, drafting, or document editing/comparison using LLMs, RAGs, and the right context for LLM calls
Experience with making data driven decisions, based on product analytics and have experience using monitoring and observability tools like Datadog or equivalent to diagnose performance issues and ensure system health
Highly agile mindset with proven ability to work effectively in 0-to-1 setups, frequently make pivots, and translate ambiguity into concrete, impactful engineering work
Exceptional skills as a great collaborator with product, design, and QE teams, acting as a clear technical voice for customer-centric solutions
Preferred
Experience building automated evaluation pipelines and defining technical metrics (e.g., faithfulness, groundedness) to measure the quality of various AI features
Hands-on experience with managing infrastructure or administrative tasks on major cloud providers like GCP, Azure, or AWS
Prior experience in Legal Tech or other high-stakes domains (FinTech, HealthTech) where data accuracy and auditability are paramount
Experience working with PDF and DOCX parsing for document ingestion
Familiarity with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
Benefits
100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available
Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave
Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner
Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it
Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use
Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools
Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees)
401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees)
Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at
Company
Ironclad
Ironclad is a contract lifecycle management platform used by companies to handle every type of contract workflow.
Founded in 2014
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (21)
2024 (14)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$334MKey Investors
Franklin TempletonBondY Combinator
2022-01-18Series E· $150M
2020-12-21Series D· $100M
2019-09-17Series C· $50M
Leadership Team
Daniel Springer
Chief Executive Officer
Cai GoGwilt
Co-Founder and Chief Architect
Recent News
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