Senior Product Engineer (Full Stack - Python/React Native)

Filevine is forging the future of legal work with cloud-based workflow tools. We have a reputation for intuitive, streamlined technology that helps professionals manage their organization and serve their clients better. We’re also known for our team of extraordinary and passionate professionals who love working together to help organizations thrive. Our success has catapulted Filevine to the forefront of our field—we are ranked as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country by both Deloitte and Inc.

Our Mission
Filevine is building the seamless intersection between legal and business by creating a world- class platform to help professionals scale.

Role summary:
This is a senior, end-to-end Full-Stack Product Engineer role, pivotal in building and deploying features across the entire technology stack. You will be responsible for architecting and maintaining high-performance mobile applications using React Native and developing scalable backend APIs with Python, FastAPI and Temporal. The primary goal is fast iteration and to ensure the stability and reliability of the product, from database design to UI implementation, including critical work in workflow orchestration, monitoring, and quality assurance.

Responsibilities:
• End-to-End Development: Architect, build, and deploy features across the entire stack—designing the database schema, building performant Python APIs, and implementing the UI/UX in React Native when needed.
• Mobile Architecture: Maintain high-performance mobile applications, managing state, offline capabilities, and synchronisation with backend services.
• Backend Engineering: Develop and maintain scalable, asynchronous server-side logic and RESTful APIs using Python and FastAPI to support mobile functionality.
• Workflow orchestration: Integrate solutions developed by the ML teams for world-class Speech-To-Text technology in Temporal.
• Quality Assurance: Write comprehensive tests across the stack (Unit tests for Python via Pytest, Jest/Detox for Mobile) to ensure stability and reliability.
• Maintenance & Support: Troubleshoot production issues that span from the mobile client to server-side infrastructure.
• Monitoring & Observability: Maintain and monitor kubernetes infrastructure with regard to load balancing and autoscaling using tools like Prometheus and New Relic
• Innovation: Lead initiatives to improve developer experience, CI/CD pipelines for mobile, and API performance.
• Code Reviews: Conduct detailed code reviews for both mobile (JS/TS) and backend (Python) codebases.

Qualifications:
• Minimum of 5+ years of software development experience.
• Full-Stack Proficiency: Strong experience in Python/FastAPI for backend services, at least some experience with React Native for mobile or strong experience in React.
• Demonstrated ability to design APIs specifically for mobile consumption (handling latency, pagination, payload sizes).
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern React patterns (Hooks, Context).
• Experience with SQL and ORMs (e.g., SQLAlchemy, Tortoise ORM) and data validation libraries like Pydantic.
• Familiarity with Native Build Tools (Xcode, Gradle) and mobile publishing pipelines is a strong plus.
• Ability to work remotely and independently and to collaborate with non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to understand our users' challenges and how your work affects the end-user experience.

This opportunity is for independent contractors and is not intended to establish an employment relationship. Contractors are responsible for their own taxes and compliance with applicable laws in their jurisdiction.

This role is open exclusively to candidates currently residing in, or willing to relocate to, Czechia or Slovakia with the legal right to work in these countries. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider applications from candidates based outside of these locations due to operational and regulatory requirements

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