Filevine

Technology

SeniorSeniorBackendEngineer-Python

$165–215k Chicago, Illinois, United States; Tel Aviv, Israel; United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Senior Backend Engineer - Python at Filevine. Skills: Python, Agentic workflows, Distributed systems, AI orchestration. Contribute to AI orchestration layer design. Build durable agentic workflows”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver high-impact features

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years backend development, Expert-level Python mastery, Python 3.12+ mastery, async/await mastery, FastAPI mastery, Pydantic v2 mastery, Production experience distributed systems, Durable workflow orchestration experience, Message queues experience, Event-driven architectures experience, Exceptional communication skills

Nice to Have

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Equivalent experience considered, Certifications considered, Demonstrated expertise considered

What You'll Do.

Contribute to AI orchestration layer design

Build durable agentic workflows

Build fault-tolerant agentic workflows

Use Temporal activities

Use ReAct reasoning loops

Deliver features across lifecycle

Deploy features via GitLab CI/CD

Monitor features post-launch

Uphold engineering excellence

Write comprehensive tests

Maintain structlog observability

Uphold uv monorepo standards

Mentor mid-level engineers

Mentor junior engineers

Collaborate with product managers

Collaborate with UX designers

Collaborate with legal domain experts

Collaborate with frontend engineers

Translate attorney workflows

Participate in cross-team planning

Participate in design reviews

Participate in sprint ceremonies

Participate in AI platform standards discussions

Communicate technical trade-offs

Communicate agentic design decisions

Communicate reliability impacts

Contribute to AI orchestration roadmap

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-team planning; Design reviews; Sprint ceremonies; AI platform standards discussions; Product managers; UX designers; Legal domain experts; Frontend engineers

Communication Scope

Articulate design decisions; Articulate trade-offs; Articulate reliability impacts; Communicate to stakeholders

Process & Methodology

Sprint ceremonies

Full Job Description

## Description Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. Grounded in a singular system of truth, Filevine brings together data, documents, workflows, and teams into one unified platform—where modern legal work happens with clarity and consistency.   Powered by LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System, Filevine connects context across every matter to transform legal operations from reactive to proactive. LOIS reads, understands, and reasons across your data to surface insight, automate complexity, and give professionals the clarity and confidence to see more, know more, and do more. Fueled by a team of exceptional collaborators and innovators, Filevine’s rapid growth has earned AI awards and recognition from Deloitte and Inc. as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country. ## Responsibilites • Contribute to the design and evolution of the AI orchestration layer, building durable, fault-tolerant agentic workflows using Temporal activities and ReAct reasoning loops powered by pydantic-ai and Claude. • Deliver features across their complete lifecycle — from design and prototyping through implementation, pytest/syrupy snapshot testing, GitLab CI/CD deployment via Octopus Deploy, and New Relic APM post-launch monitoring. • Uphold engineering excellence by conducting thorough code reviews, writing comprehensive tests (unit, integration, Playwright end-to-end), maintaining structlog observability, and upholding uv monorepo workspace standards. • Mentor mid-level and junior engineers in async Python best practices, pydantic-ai agent design, and clean, testable agentic architecture. • Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, legal domain experts, and frontend engineers to translate complex attorney workflows into reliable, high-impact AI-powered features. • Actively participate in cross-team planning, design reviews, sprint ceremonies, and AI platform standar

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