Senior Backend Engineer

About SpotDraft:

SpotDraft is the fastest-growing, end-to-end contract automation platform for new-age companies. Some of the world’s most innovative companies use SpotDraft to manage the backbone of their businesses - contracts. SpotDraft is backed by a marquee set of investors such as Premji Invest, Prosus Ventures, and Arkam Ventures.  

Contracts are the most important unsolved problem in modern business. 100% of all money that enters a business or leaves a business is because someone signed a contract. However, the contracting process at most companies is slow, opaque, and riddled with inefficiencies. Legal Teams at most of these companies are often buried with mountains of mundane work and their business counterparts are often frustrated with slow turnaround times and lack of visibility. SpotDraft aims to solve this massive globally applicable problem. 

We’re currently actively expanding our footprint globally. SpotDraft is used by big brands such as AirBnb and Panasonic as well as fast-growing global startups such as Notion, Apollo,  Chargebee, and many more. On average, SpotDraft saves in-house legal counsels 10 hours per week and helps close deals 2x faster.  

About the role:

From a software engineering standpoint, SpotDraft is a uniquely challenging product. We have to build a fully responsive interface that hides away the complexity that the AI layer deals with. We're looking for engineers who understand the difference between solving hard computer science problems and writing highly maintainable code in a team setting and can excel at both.

We are looking for an experienced backend developer to join our team. You will be responsible for the server-side of our web application. If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to talk to you.

As a backend developer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve the user experience. Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet our company’s needs.

What you’ll do:

• Design and develop APIs based on user requirements
• Abstract complexity into libraries that allow them to be reused
• Identify and fix issues in your modules and libraries
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Own modules or services in the SpotDraft stack and see them from development to deployment to post-release maintenance
• Work closely with tech leads and the CTO for timely delivery of product features and engineering tasks
• Participate actively in design discussions and define the long-term architecture of the system

Ideal Candidate:

• 4-7 years of industry experience
• Expertise in building web applications in Python frameworks (Django/ Flask would be a plus)
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Proficiency in CS concepts such as Data Structures and Algorithms
• Experience working on a Linux system

Why SpotDraft?

• We’re building a great product, and we are genuinely excited to take it to the world!
• It is possibly the best time to join. The team is lean and still growing. There are endless opportunities to show immediate impact, and build. processes/products from scratch, and do things you’ve not done before
• Building and selling to an international audience - is always a great experience to have!
• Amazing teammates, work culture & flat hierarchy.

*SpotDraft is an equal-opportunity employer. Candidates will not be discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, caste, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran, or disability status.