Saga is looking for a Backend Engineer (AI/Legal Tech) to design and build the backend systems powering our AI-driven legal products. You'll own APIs, data models, and services end to end in a young, ambitious team.
What You'll Do
- Design and build backend systems powering AI-driven legal products.
- Own APIs, data models, and services end to end.
- Work on document ingestion, processing, and semantic search using RAG.
- Improve performance, reliability, and security in multi-tenant systems.
- Collaborate closely with backend teams, product engineers, and legal engineers to ship end-to-end features.
- Contribute to architectural decisions, decide when to design new systems and when to extend existing architecture.
- Take responsibility for what you build after it is released.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of backend experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
- Strong fundamentals in APIs, databases, and backend architecture.
- Comfortable designing systems and implementing within existing codebases.
- Security-minded and production-oriented.
- High ownership. You ship, maintain, and improve what you build.
- Fluent English is required.
Nice to Have
- Experience with LLMs, AI integrations, or RAG pipelines.
- Familiarity with vector databases.
- Background in legal tech or enterprise SaaS.
- Any additional European language is a plus.
Technical Stack
- TypeScript
- Node.js
Team & Environment
You'll join a young, ambitious team that is remote first and spread across Europe. We foster a culture with an ownership mindset, where strong communication, clear writing, direct questions, and responsibility for your work are core.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive compensation with base salary and equity.
- 20 paid vacation days and holiday allowance.
- A personal budget for conferences, courses, and certifications.
- A remote-first setup with social hubs in Amsterdam and Oslo.
- Regular in-person collaboration for workshops and team moments.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates based in the European timezone.
Saga is an equal opportunity employer.
