Senior Backend Engineer - Representation at Atticus

About Atticus

At any given time, 16 million Americans are experiencing a crisis that requires urgent help from our legal system or government. The right assistance could transform their lives, but today, most never receive it. Atticus simplifies the process for sick or injured individuals in crisis to access the life-changing aid they deserve. In the last six years, we've become the leading platform connecting people with disabilities to government benefits. We also help victims of accidents, misconduct, and violence obtain compensation from insurance. So far, we've helped hundreds of thousands of people access over $10B in life-changing aid and garnered over 19,000 five-star reviews. And we're just getting started. We've raised over $100 million from top VC firms like Fika, Forerunner, GV (Google Ventures), and True Ventures, closing our Series C in April 2025, and are well-funded for the foreseeable future. In 2025, our team grew from 151 to 210, and we anticipate further growth in 2026.

The Job

Atticus operates in an industry dominated by outdated technology ripe for fresh thinking. Our core competitors rely on massive call centers, antiquated CRMs, and paper checks. As a venture-backed tech company, our engineering team powers everything we do - from creating elegant and intuitive product experiences for clients seeking legal aid, to building powerful tools for our network of attorneys that help them win the benefits they need. We're looking for a backend-leaning senior software engineer to join our Representation Pod, a cross-functional team of engineers, Product Managers, and designers building the core tools that help the law firms in our network deliver consistent and effective representation for our clients. The Rep Pod is developing new products from scratch, reimagining legal experiences for our clients and attorneys with today’s technology. This is a senior individual contributor role. You'll own complex backend challenges around how we structure data, systems, and APIs, while staying deeply connected to the clients and lawyers who use the products you build. This means bringing both genuine user empathy and sharp product instincts alongside the technical depth to make challenging architectural decisions and see them through.

What You'll Do

• Own significant backend systems end-to-end: set and uphold a high standard for architecture, design, implementation, and production health.
• Partner closely with product and design to shape requirements, not just implement them - we trust your intuitions and value your opinions.
• Bring 0-to-1 product thinking to an area where your work has a tangible impact on our clients’ well-being.
• Mentor engineers on the team, with particular emphasis on backend patterns.
• Work across the stack as needed, covering everything from frontend UI work to data systems.

What We're Looking For (Required)

• 5+ years of experience building production software, including meaningful time at a seed-stage startup or as an early member of a new product team at a later-stage company - with clear evidence of increasing scope and ownership over time.
• Experience on a high-performing product team, working closely with strong Product Managers and designers to ship user-focused solutions.
• Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs, with a high bar for data modeling and architecture.
• Deep user empathy - you think carefully about the people using what you build, not just the technical implementation.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and genuine excitement about helping teammates grow.

Bonus / Nice to Have

• Experience with Go.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, & Docker.
• Background in industries with complex workflows - legal, healthcare, or financial services.
• Experience building products for consumers or two-sided marketplaces.
• Experience evolving systems as teams and traffic scale.
• Interest in developer experience, internal tooling, or team process improvement.

We are strongly committed to building a diverse team. If you're from a background that's underrepresented in tech, we'd love to meet you.

Salary and Benefits

This is a rare opportunity to join a startup with strong traction - substantial funding, well-respected backers, real growth, and thousands of happy customers - while still being small enough to have a huge impact and help shape our culture. We're a certified B Corporation tackling a critical social problem. Everything we build touches real lives. Competitive compensation including equity, plus:

• Medical and dental insurance with 100% of employees and their families premiums covered.
• 15 vacation days and ~20 paid holidays per year, including two weeks at end-of-year.
• Free OneMedical membership.
• $600/year internet stipend.
• $1,000/year education and training reimbursement.
• Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance.
• 401(k) and optional HSA/FSA.

Base salary range: $157,250 to $230,000, plus equity and benefits. Offer will reflect candidate experience, skills, and internal equity.

Location: Fully remote. Travel to LA on the company dime as needed - typically quarterly plus offsites. We invest seriously in in-person culture.