Who is Recruiting from Scratch
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.
Location: Remote (US-based, NYC preferred)
Company Stage of Funding: Pre-Series A
Office Type: Remote
Salary: $180,000 – $220,000 + 0.2%–0.5% Equity
Visa: H1B transfers / TN only (No new sponsorship)
Our client is building mission-critical AI infrastructure for trial attorneys, enabling legal teams to leverage highly reliable AI systems for litigation workflows where correctness is absolutely non-negotiable.
Their platform powers legal intelligence workflows across document extraction, legal research, agent orchestration, and courtroom-grade AI reliability systems.
This is a rare opportunity to join as one of the earliest engineers at a fast-growing legal AI startup, working directly with founders and shaping the technical foundation of a product operating in one of the highest-stakes AI domains.
Build and ship features across the full stack
Work across React, Next.js, TypeScript, Python, SQL, and AI systems
Own product development end-to-end
Build and maintain agent orchestration systems
Develop sub-agent workflows and tool-use patterns
Build reliable RAG pipelines
Design anti-hallucination safeguards for legal AI outputs
Own third-party integrations from scoping to deployment
Contribute to backend performance optimization
Work directly with founders on product direction
Improve reliability and system scalability
Move quickly across frontend, backend, and AI infrastructure
Build polished product experiences for legal users
Ship rapidly in a high-intensity startup environment
3–8 years of full-stack engineering experience
Strong production software shipping experience
Strong JavaScript / TypeScript / Python / SQL proficiency
Experience building full-stack production systems
Startup engineering experience
Ability to work autonomously
Strong systems thinking
Experience working across frontend and backend
Comfort in highly ambiguous environments
Strong ownership mindset
Ability to context-switch rapidly
Strong technical judgment
Built LLM-powered products in production
Agent / sub-agent orchestration experience
RAG pipeline production experience
Eval-driven development experience
Former founding engineer or ex-founder
Early-stage startup experience
Legal tech or regulated-industry experience
Deep AI tooling fluency
Strong side projects
Fast shipping velocity
Ability to audit AI-generated code critically
Product-minded engineering instincts
Experience with integrations-heavy systems
Strong remote ownership
High startup intensity tolerance
Base salary: $180,000 – $220,000
Equity: 0.2%–0.5%
Remote-first flexibility
Founding-level ownership
Direct access to founders
Meaningful technical decision-making authority
High upside pre-Series A opportunity
Complex AI engineering challenges
This is a founding engineering opportunity to work on AI systems where correctness truly matters.
You’ll build legal AI infrastructure for trial attorneys, where technical rigor directly impacts real-world legal outcomes.
If you want founding-level ownership, deep AI systems work, and the chance to build highly reliable production agent systems from the ground up, this role offers exceptional leverage.
Recruiting from Scratch provides recruiting services for companies that need to hire the best talent in software engineering, hardware engineering, product design, product management, marketing, GTM, and accounting & finance.
