Full Stack Engineer – Backend & Data Pipelines

About the role

We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and maintain a PostgreSQL‑based data pipeline and API for a legal‑tech product. You will own both operational and client‑facing databases, ensure secure data isolation, and integrate multiple third‑party services.

Key responsibilities

• Design and evolve PostgreSQL schemas for operational and isolated client databases.
• Develop ingestion pipelines and data transformers, including delta syncs and scheduled jobs.
• Integrate external APIs and webhooks (court‑data vendor, mail services, Zoom, public registries, etc.).
• Build and secure the backend API with row‑level security, audit logging, and access control.

Required profile

• 2+ years of production backend development experience.
• Strong PostgreSQL expertise: schema design, indexing, foreign keys, query tuning.
• Proficiency in Python or Node.js and building/consuming REST APIs.
• Hands‑on experience with third‑party API and webhook integrations.
• Experience with data pipelines, ETL, scheduled jobs, and delta synchronization.
• Cloud deployment experience on AWS or Azure, including managed PostgreSQL and networking basics.
• Comfortable using Git and writing automated tests.

Required skills

• Python
• Node.js
• PostgreSQL
• REST APIs
• AWS
• Azure
• ETL / data pipelines
• Third‑party API integration
• Webhooks
• Git
• Automated testing