About the role
This is a remote position.
* Project Scope: Full-Time Engineering Role
* Location: Remote -Open to candidates across the MENA region, including candidates based in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
* Role Type:Full-Time Contractor
* Reports to: You will work closely with the founders and product team to design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs, translating product and customer needs into secure and reliable features.
* Time-zone overlap requirement:Must be comfortable and available to collaborate9am–1pm Pacific time.
The opportunity
Our client is looking for aBackend Engineerto help build and improve anAI-powered legal technology platform. The platform helps law firms handle new-client inquiries and automate workflows. This is an opportunity to join a small team where engineers work closely with the founders and product team, helping shape features from idea through production.The role will involve backend development, AI/LLM integrations, databases, APIs, and cloud services.
About the Organization
Our client builds AI-powered legal technology that helps law firms handle new-client inquiries and automate workflows. The team is focused on building practical software that improves how legal teams manage customer interactions and internal processes.
What you will do
* Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs.
* Translate product/customer needs into secure, reliable features from design through production.
* Design database schemas, migrations, and customer-data access rules.
* Integrate AI/LLM services into production workflows with checks for errors and unreliable results.
* Build messaging, document-processing, and workflow-automation integrations.
* Deploy and monitor containerized cloud services.
* Collaborate with founders and the product team on technical decisions and product improvements.
Requirements
What you bring
Must-haves:
* 3 years of backend or full-stack engineering experience.
* StrongTypeScriptskills and production experience with.
* Experience building APIs and working with relational databases, especiallyPostgreSQL.
* Good understanding of secure data access and reliable production services.
* Experience deploying services usingcontainers and cloud platforms.
* Hands-on experience integratingAI or LLM servicesinto software products.
* Clear communication, sound judgment, and comfort working in a small team with changing priorities.
Nice-to-have: Spanish speaking is a big plus.
How the engagement works
* The hiring process begins with a conversation with the client to discuss your experience, technical background, and approach to building backend and AI-powered products.
* You are expected to provide your own laptop and basic equipment, maintain reliable connectivity, and have a secure working environment suitable for client work.
* The engagement is full-time contractor
* If you contract through Apricot, planned check-ins are [month 1 and month 3 / other approved cadence] to see how the engagement is working and help address issues.
About Apricot
Apricot is a non-profit sourcing firm connecting displaced and underserved professionals from Palestine and the wider MENA region with global employment opportunities. We combine a clear social-impact mission with fast, high-quality recruitment delivery for international clients.
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