Software Development Engineer - II | Backend (AI POD)

About this role

## About SpotDraft

SpotDraft is on a mission to help legal and business teams move faster, together. Our AI-powered contracting platform is redefining how companies manage contracts, and our story deserves to be told in creative, human, and memorable ways.

## Job Summary

SpotDraft is revolutionizing legal operations with AI-powered tools that help legal teams work faster and smarter. Our flagship products leverage cutting-edge LLM technology to automate routine legal work and accelerate contract review.
Sidebar is an AI-powered team of legal assistants that handles routine legal work—from contract analysis and legal research to compliance tracking and drafting [SpotDraft](https://www.spotdraft.com/sidebar). It tackles everything beyond contracts, including policy questions, regulatory compliance, and strategic advice [SpotDraft](https://www.spotdraft.com/blog/sidebar-our-vision-for-legal-work-beyond-contract-management), learning from your organization's knowledge to become a specialized legal co-pilot.
VerifAI is an AI contract review tool that works as a Microsoft Word add-in, helping legal teams review contracts up to 70% faster with SpotDraft. It uses generative AI to check contracts against personal or organizational guidelines and answer open-ended questions [SpotDraft](https://www.spotdraft.com/blog/introducing-verifai-by-spotdraft), automatically flagging deviations and suggesting improvements.

## About the role

We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join the AAI Pod — the team building SpotDraft's AI-powered product capabilities, including data/text extraction, contract intelligence, and LLM-driven features layered on our core contracting platform. You'll help architect, build, and scale backend systems that power these AI features end-to-end, working closely with Product, Engineering, and AI teams to ship high-impact capabilities that our customers directly experience.

This role sits at the intersection of strong backend fundamentals...