Founding Backend Engineer - Phaselaw
Company: Pear VC
Location: New York City
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Founding Backend Engineer – Phaselaw Location: New York City or
Raleigh/Durham Area Type: Full-time Salary: Competitive, with
equity options About Phaselaw Phaselaw is rebuilding the legacy
eDiscovery industry from the ground up, empowering in-house legal
teams with tools for document production that bypass the existing
services-heavy approach. We're Seed stage but are already working
with Fortune 500 companies and are scaling rapidly. The Role We’re
looking for a Backend Engineer to help us build and scale our core
product. You'll work closely with our Founders and Engineering team
to ship features and improve performance across backend systems
from databases to data ingestion to AI systems. This is a
high-ownership, high-impact role where you’ll directly shape the
future of Phaselaw’s technology. What You’ll Do First Week Get
onboarded, set up your dev environment, and dive into our systems.
Ship a small update or bug fix to get familiar with the codebase.
Use the product to understand how it works and identify areas for
improvement. First Month Ship two major features By 90 Days Ship
features updates daily/weekly with a strong focus on quality.
Collaborate closely with the team and customers to shape the future
of the product. What We’re Looking For 3 years of experience in
backend development, ideally with startups or fast-moving teams.
Strong expertise in Python for backend development. Strong database
expertise, including Postgres and/or Elasticsearch. Experience with
modern infrastructure management, including Terraform, Kubernetes,
and CI/CD. A bias for action: You ship fast and iterate based on
feedback. Strong product sense: You think beyond the code and care
about delivering an exceptional user experience. Extreme ownership:
You're excited to make a mark and you make sure balls don't get
dropped. Why Join Us? Impact: Your work will directly shape the
product and the future of the company. Growth: High ownership, deep
collaboration with company and technical leadership. Speed: We move
fast, ship often, and value autonomy. Culture: Our team is kind,
collaborative, inquisitive, and inclusive – and we want to keep it
that way. We have high standards for quality and ethics, and help
each other learn in order to reach our objectives. We think
technology is best built by teams with a diversity of background,
thought, and experience. Every team member is a human first, and we
strive to create a culture and environment that supports your
career goals and respects all of the hats you wear in life, not
just the ones that earn you a paycheck. Our Team We were founded in
2023 by SaaS and data experts: Josh (CEO) lead Chartbeat as CTO to
$70M ARR and exit; David (COO) lead Cortico (MIT spinoff) from
0->1 as COO. Let’s build together!
Keywords: Pear VC, Perth Amboy , Founding Backend Engineer - Phaselaw, IT / Software / Systems , New York City, New Jersey
