Backend Engineer designing APIs and integration architecture for EvenUp's AI - powered legal - tech platform. Improving client portal experiences and application performance from Toronto or San Francisco hubs.
About the role
- Senior Software Engineer designing and enhancing features within the FeeNavigator platform. Working with cross-functional teams on software development and testing practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and enhance features within FeeNavigator using PHP/Laravel and Vue
- Develop efficient database queries and optimize MySQL performance as needed
- Own the quality of your work end-to-end through developer-led testing — writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, and validating your own changes through to production
- Improve the health of a large, established codebase by refactoring complex areas and decomposing high-complexity components into maintainable, well-structured code
- Document critical business logic, application workflows, and key architectural decisions
- Collaborate with Product Managers to refine requirements and contribute to technical solution design
- Participate in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards and share best practices
- Work with SRE to ensure software is observable, resilient, secure, and production-ready
- Diagnose and resolve incidents, defects, and performance bottlenecks in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, tooling, and engineering practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience developing complex applications
- Fluency in PHP and modern development practices
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
- Experience with relational databases such as MySQL (schema design, query optimization)
- Experience with modern frontend development (JavaScript/TypeScript, Vue, npm, basic CSS/SCSS)
- Comfort working in large, established codebases — able to navigate unfamiliar systems, untangle complexity, and make sound changes with limited guidance
- Familiarity with secure coding principles
- Experience with Git and CI/CD workflows
- Experience contributing across the full SDLC
- Effective use of AI-assisted development tools, with the judgment to know where they add value and the discipline to review and validate their output
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
Benefits
- Competitive salary + bonus
- A remote first culture!
- Flex PTO
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Company volunteer days
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