Backend Engineer (AI/Legal Tech) - Remote

Overview

At Saga, we’re building the intelligence that helps lawyers think faster, work smarter, and stay in control of their craft. Our AI platform blends legal reasoning with machine precision to make complex work simpler, sharper, and more human.

In Short

• Join a young, ambitious team building a legal AI platform.
• Design and build backend systems powering AI-driven legal products.
• Own APIs, data models, and services end to end.
• Work on document ingestion, processing, and semantic search.
• Improve performance, reliability, and security in multi-tenant systems.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and system design.
• 3+ years of backend experience required.
• Comfortable with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Fluent English required; additional languages a plus.

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Strong fundamentals in APIs, databases, and backend architecture.
• Security minded and production oriented.
• Experience with LLMs, AI integrations, or RAG pipelines.
• Familiarity with vector databases.
• Background in legal tech or enterprise SaaS.
• High ownership; you ship, maintain, and improve what you build.
• Fluent English is required.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with base salary and equity.
• Opportunity to change how the legal industry works.
• Remote first setup with social hubs in Amsterdam and Oslo.
• 20 paid vacation days and holiday allowance.
• Personal budget for conferences, courses, and certifications.
• The chance to work across the full cycle of system design to client impact.