Alma is hiring the best software engineer in the world to join our world-class engineering team. Every new hire is going to raise the bar and that’s how we are able to deliver the best AI native product ever seen in legal tech space.
Our entire team works between 9 am and 8 pm Pacific Time and 5 days a week. We try to leave the weekend to our team to recharge and spend time with their family.
Hello! We’re ALMA
Backed by leading VCs such as Bling Capital, Forerunner, Village Global, NFX, Conviction, MVP Ventures, NEA and Silkroad Innovation Hub, Alma is a LegalTech startup on a mission to transform the immigration industry. By combining the expertise of seasoned attorneys with AI/ML, we streamline the complex immigration process for individuals and businesses.
Why you should join ALMA
You will have the opportunity to work alongside mission-driven founders who not only want to build transformative solutions for lawyers but also deeply understand what problems need to be solved. From day 1 you will be solving challenging & interesting problems and working with cutting-edge AI research and technology.
What we're looking for
We are looking for a highly-skilled and ambitious backend engineer with 5+ years of developing scalable platform solutions. You need to be super pumped about building AI native products to make immigration easy. You will own the platform end-to-end, partner with frontend engineers to deliver product features and scale our platform by 100x.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the founding team and early customers to build a world-class AI-powered product.
- Architect, develop and maintain the server-side logic, databases, APIs, and other backend processes to meet application requirements.
- Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure seamless integration of user-facing elements.
- Engage in the entire application lifecycle and hold high bar for coding, debugging, and deploying with an emphasis on high-quality, scalable code.
Role Requirements
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment & wear multiple hats.
- 5+ years of backend development experience.
- Experience with developing products built on top of LLMs / ML.
- Proficient in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, containerization and scaling microservices.
- Experience in building products from zero to one.
- Ability to seek & find the right resources for solving open-ended problems.
- Located in the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocate.
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working in a small startup environment (Seed or Series A).
- Experience working across the stack.
- Understand data lake / data warehouse.
- Understand Transformer / Attention / GPU inference.
- Experience with AWS, Supabase, LaunchDarkly & Betterstack.