Senior Backend Engineer, DocGen

Even Up is on a mission to close the justice gap using technology and AI. We empower personal injury lawyers and victims to get the justice they deserve. Our products enable law firms to secure faster settlements, higher payouts, and better outcomes for victims injured through no fault of their own in vehicle collisions, accidents, natural disasters, and more.

We are one of the fastest‑growing vertical SaaS companies in history, and we are just getting started. Even Up is backed by top VCs, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Signal Fire, and Lightspeed. We are looking to expand our team with talented, driven, and collaborative individuals who seek to have a lasting impact.

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This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of being in our Toronto office three days per week.

Even Up’s document products empower attorneys to represent their clients more effectively and secure better outcomes. With over $1.5B in damages claimed to date, the Document Generation team is developing an industry‑leading, AI‑native platform for generating legal documents in personal injury law.

Demand Letters, our flagship product, drives Even Up’s rapid growth, enabling customers to achieve higher settlements and resolve cases faster—making it a critical part of the personal injury workflow.

Medical Chronologies, our newest and fastest‑growing offering, delivers comprehensive overviews of medical treatment and injury impact, equipping attorneys with the insights needed for world‑class pre‑litigation and litigation support.

As a member of this team, you will collaborate across functions to design and implement solutions that enhance the speed, scalability, and quality of Even Up’s document generation engine. We seek high‑ownership self‑stagers deeply motivated by delivering end‑user impact. Your work will directly advance Even Up’s mission to ensure personal injury victims receive fair compensation.

• Enhance Even Up’s AI‑native and expert‑review document generation workflows
• Implement and integrate LLM‑based solutions to improve customer outcomes
• Build systems to evaluate efficacy, quality, and reliability of core customer deliverables
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of Even Up’s document generation products at the forefront of applied AI
• Partner with company leaders to execute mission‑critical, high‑impact initiatives
• Uphold a high quality bar and apply data‑driven insights to deliver exceptional customer experiences

• Product Development for AI‑Native Workflows: Contribute to end‑to‑end AI workflows; integrate traditional SaaS systems with AI applications; prototype new features balancing innovation with pragmatism.
• Cross‑functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with founders, product managers, and designers to brainstorm, scope, and deliver new product features.
• Architecture & Engineering Excellence: Establish best practices for architecture, coding, and delivery. Build user‑facing experiences, services, APIs, and systems.
• Code Quality & Security: Ship secure, compliant, production‑ready code for sensitive data; ensure quality via tests, reviews, and adherence to standards; monitor, debug, and optimize system performance.
• Mentorship & Team Growth: Review code, mentor teammates, contribute to team culture, retrospectives, and ongoing improvement.
• Operational Ownership: Participate in on‑call rotations, resolve production issues, reduce operational toil, and document processes.

• Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems—reliability, observability, and performance focused
• Strong software development background with hands‑on expertise in Python or languages such as Go, Java, Node.js, or C++
• Proven ability to deliver production‑ready software, including RESTful APIs and infrastructure to industry standards
• Track record of owning and delivering complex projects from concept through deployment
• Experience in fast‑paced, startup or high‑growth environments
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative working style
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, initiative, and…