Senior/Staff Backend Engineer (Platform & AI Systems)

Role Overview

Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire. This is a high-ownership engineering environment where systems correctness, reliability, and speed directly impact real-world legal outcomes.

What You Will Do

Own the design and evolution of core backend systems powering immigration workflow automation, build and scale Python-based backend services, APIs, and platform infrastructure, and improve backend system reliability, security, and data integrity.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend engineering experience, strong production experience with Python in scalable systems, and proven experience owning backend systems end-to-end in startups or fast-growth environments.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience
• Strong production experience with Python in scalable systems
• Proven experience owning backend systems end-to-end in startups or fast-growth environments
• Strong system design fundamentals (APIs, distributed systems, data modeling)
• Experience working in Series A–C startups or high-ownership engineering teams

Benefits

• Base salary: $200,000 – $250,000
• Equity: 0.25% – 1%
• Visa sponsorship available (H1B transfer, TN; selective O-1 support)
• Hybrid flexibility (SF / NYC)
• High-impact ownership role in early engineering team
• Direct exposure to founders and real customer workflows
• Opportunity to shape core architecture of a fast-scaling AI platform