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Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Backend - New York

Draftwise· Engineering
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Hybrid (New York City, NY)$135k - $175kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Contract and negotiation AI built for lawyers. Forward Deployed Engineer focusing on backend, ontology modeling, and AI systems for a law-tech product deployed to elite law firms.

Responsibilities

  • Ontology modeling for legal knowledge.
  • Backend services behind drafting, review, and search.
  • LLM systems in production.
  • Scale and performance.
  • Deployments into elite law firms, with a senior FDE beside you.
  • Enough frontend to finish the job.

Qualifications

  • High ownership and low ego.
  • A focus on user impact.
  • Curiosity and intelligence over credentials.
  • Backend as your center of gravity.
  • Comfort in the room with the customer.
  • The instinct to turn a vague problem into a model.
  • Interest in LLMs and their limits.

Skills

Required:Ontology modelingSQLAPI designFrontend (TypeScript/React)
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Draftwise

Contract and negotiation AI built for lawyers

Draftwise is redefining contract work for lawyers with AI that streamlines drafting, review, and negotiation. Draftwise empowers lawyers with intelligent, data-driven tools that use a firm’s own knowledge base—drawing from past deals, preferred language, and internal guidance to improve the entire contract workflow—from first draft to signed deal.

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