LawX

backend developer in Legal Tech

In short

Senior backend developer role at a small Legal Tech engineering team in Berlin, focused on backend code quality, architecture standards, and production readiness in a security-critical, compliance-aware environment. Requires 5+ years building production backend systems with Java/Spring Boot, ability to read and refactor Python, PostgreSQL, distributed systems knowledge, and a strong security mindset (OAuth2/OIDC, OWASP). Onsite full-time position; infrastructure and AI systems are handled by separate dedicated teams.

О компании
LawX has a small, fast-moving engineering team working to bridge the gap between AI-driven development speed and the quality standards required for production systems. The team builds for an underserved industry in Europe in a security-critical, compliance-aware environment.
Задачи
•Implement, review, and refactor backend code, focusing on product standards, integration, maintainability, and production readiness
•Design and enforce backend architecture standards in Java and Python
•Implement security best practices
•Set quality standards through code reviews, testing standards, and engineering documentation
•Contribute to architecture decisions and help build scalable systems
•Set the quality standard for a small, high-output engineering team
•Own backend quality and production readiness
Требования
•5+ Years building and operating production backend systems
•Java (Spring Boot) as the primary language
•Confidently read, review, and refactor Python code
•Experience improving code quality in fast-moving environments and improving inherited codebases
•PostgreSQL knowledge, including query optimization, indexing, transactions, and migrations
•Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including retries, idempotency, concurrency, async processing, and resilience patterns
•Strong security mindset, including OAuth2/OIDC, Spring Security, OWASP principles, and privacy-by-design
•Strong CI/CD and testing culture; able to write tests and ensure others write tests
•Ability to bring structure and standards to a fast-moving codebase
•Excellent written and spoken English
Будет плюсом
•Experience in regulated industries such as Legal Tech, FinTech, or HealthTech
•Experience working alongside AI or ML teams
•Russian language skills
•German language skills
•Kafka or RabbitMQ
•Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
Условия
•Real ownership from day one, with immediate influence on quality standards
•Security-critical, compliance-aware environment with distributed systems challenges
•Clear scope: backend quality and production readiness; infrastructure architecture is handled by a dedicated engineer, and AI systems by a dedicated AI team
•The team includes experienced engineers, AI specialists, and former legal professionals

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