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EvenUp

Senior Backend Engineer, Entities & Platform

Hybrid

Toronto, Canada

Senior

Full Time

05-03-2026

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Skills

Communication Python Java Go Kubernetes Monitoring Social Media Architecture Machine Learning Organization Recruitment C++ Large Language Models PostGres

Job Specifications

EvenUp 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. EvenUp is backed by top VCs, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, SignalFire, and Lightspeed. We are looking to expand our team with talented, driven, and collaborative individuals who seek to have a lasting impact. Learn more at www.evenuplaw.com.

Life as an Engineer at EvenUp

Location & Work Model

This is a hybrid role, 3x per week at our Toronto office three days per week.

About The Team

Join EvenUp’s AI Platform team, dedicated to making large language models (LLMs) more accessible, scalable, and impactful across the engineering organization. We build leading LLM-powered systems for the legal industry, transforming how complex legal documents are extracted, summarized, and structured for use by our clients every day.

This role operates at the intersection of backend engineering, LLM integration, and hands-on experimentation. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of Data Scientists, Researchers, and Software Engineers to tackle challenging generative AI problems. Together, we maintain the foundational infrastructure enabling EvenUp’s product teams to leverage LLMs safely and efficiently at scale.

This is an excellent opportunity for engineers seeking deep technical ownership, backend system design, and work on innovative platforms that create impact across an entire company—while contributing to technology that advances fairness and accessibility within the legal system.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and enhance scalable backend systems supporting LLM-driven products and internal platforms
Own infrastructure and services for reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems
Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver reusable, scalable solutions
Influence the technical direction and long-term architecture of EvenUp’s AI platform
Maintain high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability
Drive projects from early design through deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement

What You’ll Do

Backend Systems & Infrastructure: Lead the design, development, and optimization of robust backend systems for deploying LLM-based algorithms and services
End-to-End Ownership: Manage projects through their complete lifecycle—from architecture to deployment, monitoring, and improvement
Cross-Team Enablement: Work with other engineering teams to understand use cases and deliver scalable platform solutions
Engineering Excellence: Develop high-quality, maintainable code using a modern tech stack (Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch)
Growth & Collaboration: Grow as an engineer working alongside world-class peers on impactful, cutting-edge generative AI projects

What We Look For

Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance
Proficiency delivering production-ready code, managing infrastructure, and building RESTful APIs to industry standards
Experience owning and delivering complex technical projects
Success in startup or high-growth environments valuing speed, collaboration, and ownership
Proficiency in Python or other languages (Go, Java, C++)
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven cross-disciplinary collaboration

Bonus (Nice to Have)

Background with AI systems, LLMs, or machine learning infrastructure
Experience in legal tech or social impact–driven products
Prior work supporting internal platforms or developer-facing tools

Notice to Candidates:

EvenUp has been made aware of fraudulent job postings and unaffiliated third parties posing as our recruiting team – please know that we have no affiliation or connection to these situations. We only post open roles on our career page (evenuplaw.com/careers) or reputable job boards like our official LinkedIn or Indeed pages, and all official EvenUp recruitment emails will come from the domains @evenuplaw.com, @evenup.ai, @ext-evenuplaw.com, no-reply@ashbyhq.com or no‑reply@canditech.io email addresses.

To ensure fairness and proper consideration, we do not accept resumes or expressions of interest via email or social media messages. If you’re interested in a role, please submit your application directly through our careers page.

If you receive communication from someone you believe is impersonating EvenUp, please report it to us at talent-ops-team@evenuplaw.com. Examples of fraudulent domains include “careers-evenuplaw.com” and “careers-evenuplaws.com”.

Benefits & Perk

About the Company

EvenUp is the leading AI platform for personal injury law. Trusted by 1,500+ firms, EvenUp helps legal teams run casework like clockwork--drafting documents, automating workflows, and maximizing the outcome of every case from intake to resolution. Know more