As a Backend Integration Engineer, you will architect and build the data infrastructure for legal teams, designing API integrations and document processing systems while ensuring performance and security as the platform scales.
GC AI is the fastest-growing and most trusted legal AI platform for in-house legal teams. We're building the future of legal work, and we're doing it fast. You'll join at a pivotal moment—when decisions matter, impact is immediate, and the runway to shape your career is wide open. We’re a high-performing team where you'll have real ownership and influence from day one.
More than 1,300 companies use GC AI to drive their business forward, including 150+ public companies, 25+ unicorns, and brands such as News Corp, Miro, Bass Pro Shops, Snyk, Skims, Liquid Death, Vercel, Zscaler, and TIME.
We've 10x'd revenue in 12 months, raised a $60 million Series B ($555 million valuation), and are growing faster than ever. We are backed by incredible investors, including Scale Venture Partners, Northzone, Sound Ventures, and Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel.
If you thrive when the stakes are high and the path isn't paved, you'll love it here. Our six guiding principles are: 1% better every day, customer obsession, ship today, find a way, care deeply, and own it completely. Come shape the future of legal work with us.
LocationWe are hiring for this role to be based in the United States or Canada. This is a remote role unless you fall within the following parameters. If you live within approximately 50 miles of our San Mateo, CA or Provo, UT office, the position follows a hybrid schedule with in-office days on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
About The Role
As the Backend Integration Engineer at GC AI, you’ll be the architect behind the data infrastructure that powers how legal teams leverage AI in their daily work. This role goes far beyond building APIs; you’ll be designing the intelligent backbone that transforms raw documents into structured, AI-ready data and keeps our integrations seamless at scale.
You’ll take ownership of critical systems like file ingestion pipelines, two-way sync engines, and document parsing workflows that thousands of users rely on every day. Working closely with our founding team and a group of exceptional engineers, you’ll have the autonomy to make key technical decisions, balance performance with security, and shape how our platform grows.
Our platform serves thousands of users who will depend on these integrations daily. You'll be the key architect ensuring our data foundation remains robust, secure, and blazing-fast as we scale. This is a chance to own crucial infrastructure that directly impacts how legal teams harness the power of AI.
You'll be the driving force behind our platform's data foundation, architecting and implementing the critical systems that power our AI capabilities.
What You'll Do
- Architect and build our file processing backbone, from sophisticated upload systems to seamless two-way sync engines.
- Design and implement document parsing pipelines that transform raw files into AI-ready data.
- Shape the technical decisions that balance speed, security, and code quality as we scale.
- Collaborate with our team of exceptional engineers to push the boundaries of what's possible.
- Deliver reliable, secure connectors to the systems counsel's lives in (docs, email, chat, ticketing) to unlock end-to-end workflows.
- Launch admin features (SSO/SCIM, audit logs, DLP hooks) that make enterprise IT say “yes” faster.
- Reduce integration breakage and latency via resilient job orchestration, backoffs, and health visibility.
- Help build the leading legal AI platform for in-house teams.
- 3+ years of experience building production backend systems.
- Strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and React.
- Track record of building API integrations with enterprise systems (Salesforce, Hubspot, SharePoint, Google Drive).
- Solid understanding of Postgres and database design.
- Experience with modern ORM systems like Drizzle or Prisma.
- Familiarity with iPaaS platforms (Paragon, Integration.dev, Airbyte).
- GCP knowledge.
- ElasticSearch experience.
The Mindset
- Problem Solver: You come alive tackling complex challenges without obvious solutions.
- Ownership-Driven: You take initiative without needing direction and focus on outcomes.
- Continuous Learner: Your curiosity drives you to constantly level up your engineering skills.
- Startup DNA: You thrive in fast-paced environments where responsibilities evolve.
We’re building something new in a once-in-a-generation shift in technology and the legal industry, so we move at a relentless pace. We expect urgency, ownership, and good judgment even when things aren’t perfectly clear. If you need structure and consensus to do your best work, this isn’t the right place for you. If you thrive in ambiguity and growth, work with intensity, and want real responsibility, keep reading. We’re excited to meet you.
GC AI's compensation package includes a competitive base salary benchmarked against real-time market data, as well as meaningful equity and excellent benefits for all full-time roles. Our US-based compensation range for this role is $165,000 – $350,000. This range spans four levels, from mid-level to Principal. Final compensation will vary based on leveling, market conditions, geographic location, and candidate qualifications, including relevant knowledge, skills, and experience assessed during the interview process.
These compensation bands are just the starting point. After someone joins and proves they’re an exceptional performer, we adjust quickly to ensure their compensation aligns with their impact.
Equal Opportunity Employment
GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class. GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. #LI-GCAI
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- Refer you to external websites to apply
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If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from GC AI via an unofficial channel or from a suspicious email address, please do not share any information. Mark the communication as "phishing" or "spam" and do not respond.
Top Skills
Node.js
Postgres
React
Typescript
GC AI San Francisco, California, USA Office
San Francisco, California, United States
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