Senior Software Engineer

Location:

Remote (US and Canada)

Company Overview:

Bench IQ is disrupting the legal field by giving attorneys an unprecedented window into how their judges think. We use large language models to analyze judges’ rulings to uncover the reasons behind their decisions. Founded in 2023 by Jimoh Ovbiagele and Maxim Isakov, the brains behind the AI legal research pioneer ROSS Intelligence, and Jeffrey Gettleman, a former partner at the world’s top law firm, Kirkland & Ellis, we are on a mission to make the law more transparent.

In August 2023, we closed a USD $2.1 million funding round led by Maple and Haystack, early investors in startups like Instacart, Figma, and Doordash. With additional investment from global law firms Cooley, Fenwick, and Wilson Sonsini, this vote of confidence has fueled the launch of our debut product, which already serves over a dozen of the world’s top 100 law firms.

We’re looking for someone who shares our excitement for using AI to transform the legal profession. At Bench IQ, our culture is built on empathy, creativity, and the willingness to experiment. We celebrate taking risks, learning from our journey, and placing team success above personal ego. If you’re drawn to the transformative potential of AI in law and resonate with our values, let’s connect.

The Opportunity:

As the first Senior Software Engineer at Bench IQ, you’re not just joining an ambitious startup. In this position, you will play a pivotal role in designing and building Bench IQ’s core technologies and product experiences while shaping the technical direction of the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build features and products from end-to-end from zero-to-one, balancing the need for iteration and learning with scalability and quality.
• Be the CTO’s most trusted partner, relied upon to anticipate and solve the most pressing technical challenges
• Hold yourself to high technical standards while making deliberate technical and product trade offs.
• Proactively investigate opportunities to improve our technology that could lead to significantly more customer and business value.
• Make others better through code reviews, pairing, and other forms of teaching and mentorship.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in software development with expertise in Ruby on Rails, React.js, SQL, or similar web frameworks and technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in cloud technologies (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) and system scalability.
• Possesses exceptional problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to tackle complex challenges and deliver solutions in areas beyond their immediate expertise.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and continuous learning with the ability to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills

Preferences:

• Applied experience with NLP technologies including large language models, vector embeddings, and traditional search (e.g ElasticSearch or Solr).
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines to support data processing and analytics workflows.

Soft Skills:

• Empathetic and collaborative approach to problem-solving, focusing on effectiveness over perfection.
• A strong growth mindset, open to learning, and embracing the unknown as an opportunity for discovery.
• Communicate complex ideas and information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences, including technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership qualities, capable of inspiring a future team and leading from the front.

Benefits and Perks:

• We offer market-leading compensation, including equity, based on the skill set and aptitude of the candidate.
• Comprehensive insurance benefits.
• Flexible working hours and a commitment to a remote-first culture.