About SpotDraft

SpotDraft is on a mission to help legal and business teams move faster, together. Our AI-powered contracting platform is redefining how companies manage contracts, and our story deserves to be told in creative, human, and memorable ways.

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help architect, build, and scale the core systems powering SpotDraft's platform. In this role, you'll lead the development of reliable backend services, scalable APIs, and distributed systems that support our rapidly growing product and customer base.

You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, and AI teams to drive high-impact initiatives, improve platform performance and reliability, and contribute to key architectural and engineering decisions across the platform.

The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in backend development, distributed systems, and scalable application design, preferably within fast-paced B2B product or SaaS environments. We're looking for engineers with 4–7 years of experience who can take end-to-end ownership, solve complex technical challenges, and help scale both systems and engineering practices at SpotDraft.

What You'll Do

System Design & Architecture

Design and build scalable backend systems with a strong focus on reliability and performance
Contribute to architectural decisions and influence system design across services
Own end-to-end system design including HLDs and LLDs
Make thoughtful trade-offs balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability

Product & Engineering Collaboration

Work closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to ship impactful features
Translate ambiguous product requirements into clear technical solutions
Participate in cross-functional discussions and influence product direction

Execution & Ownership

Own features and systems end-to-end—from ideation to production and beyond
Build systems from scratch and evolve them as they scale
Take accountability for reliability, performance, and uptime of owned systems
Demonstrate strong ownership and autonomy in driving outcomes

Customer & Business Impact

Build with a deep understanding of the end user and customer problems
Understand adoption, usage patterns, and retention of features you build
Be able to articulate why something was built, for whom, and its impact

Team & Culture Contribution

Contribute to hiring by participating in interviews and candidate evaluation
Mentor junior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar
Bring a strong builder's mindset with a bias for action and problem-solving

What We're Looking For

4–7 years of experience in backend/software engineering
Strong computer science fundamentals (or equivalent practical experience)
Proven experience designing and building scalable backend systems
Hands-on experience with system design (HLD & LLD)
Demonstrated involvement or influence in architectural decisions
Experience working in cross-functional teams (Product, Design, etc.)
Strong communication skills and ability to work in collaborative environments
Track record of ownership—building, scaling, and maintaining systems
Comfortable working across tech stacks (tech stack agnostic mindset)
Prior experience in startup environments or fast-paced teams

Why SpotDraft

Brilliant teammates—Work with some of the sharpest minds in legal tech.
Expand your network—Interact with top founders, investors, and industry leaders.
Real impact—Take ownership of projects and see your work in action.
Big goals, bold moves—We trust you to deliver, innovate, and push boundaries.

Our Core Values

Our business is to delight Customers
Be Transparent. Be Direct
Be Audacious
Outcomes over everything else
Elevate each other
Be Passionate. Take Ownership.
Be 1% better every day

All candidates personal data shared during the recruitment process will be handled with utmost confidentiality and used solely for hiring purposes, in line with applicable data protection regulations.

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

Software Development Engineer II - Backend

Software Development Engineer - II - Backend

Software Development Engineer - II | Backend