Backend Engineer

Apilex is an AI-native legal operating system that manages lawyers' entire legal workflows end to end, powered by AI systems purpose-built for each jurisdiction's legal framework. We bring legal research, drafting of pleadings and contracts, document analysis, and case preparation together in a single experience. We currently operate in France, Turkey, and Germany, and we aim to extend the growth we've achieved in our current markets to Brazil, Spain, and Italy.

We achieved this growth entirely bootstrapped, without raising any external investment, making us one of the fastest go-to-market success stories among Legal AI startups in the world. Since our founding, we've scaled our team to 120+ people, backed by a proprietary database of millions of court decisions and legal documents that turns days of legal research into seconds.

What sets us apart? We don't use off-the-shelf AI. We build domain-specific, closed-circuit AI models with multi-layered verification systems that eliminate hallucinations and deliver answers backed by real citations and legal reasoning. Every feature we ship changes how lawyers work.

We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to design and scale the high-traffic microservices that form the backbone of our global legal AI platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Scalable Architecture: Design and develop high-traffic, scalable microservice architectures to support our expanding global footprint.
• Code Excellence: Raise the bar on code quality by leading code review processes and implementing best practices across the backend.
• Technical Leadership: Provide mentorship to the engineering team and guide technical decision-making for complex features.
• System Integration: Build and maintain reliable integrations between core services, AI agents, and large-scale data stores.
• Performance Optimization: Ensure system reliability and low latency across distributed services through efficient caching and messaging strategies.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of backend experience building and scaling Java and Spring Boot applications in production
• Strong foundation in software architecture design including OOP and SOLID principles across various scales
• Hands-on experience with both PostgreSQL and MongoDB including the ability to design hybrid data architectures
• Deep knowledge of Elasticsearch or similar technologies for high-performance search and indexing
• Practical experience with messaging systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka and in-memory caching with Redis
• Solid understanding of WebSocket and real-time streaming architectures for distributed environments
• Direct experience with cloud platforms and building automated CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to ship high-quality code and iterate quickly rather than waiting for perfect conditions

Why join us?

Whatever your role, your work here will be visible and meaningful. We're a team that has grown without outside investment and achieved one of the fastest go-to-market successes in the space and we're looking for ambitious people who want to build the future of legal technology on a global stage.

This is Apilex. AI for Legal. Join us.