Software Engineer, Legalist
Technology-powered investment firm
Job no longer available
Technology-powered investment firm
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To level the playing field in litigation by helping plaintiffs in meritorious lawsuits see justice.
Role
Who you are
- A love for technology, API’s, and an insatiable curiosity for tackling problems
- 4+ years of experience object-oriented language - Python (preferred)
- Advanced SQL knowledge and experience working with a variety of databases
- Experience with cloud environments like GCP, AWS, as well as cloud solutions like Kubernetes, Docker, BigQuery, etc
- You have a pragmatic, data-driven mindset and are not dogmatic or overly idealistic about technology choices and trade-offs
- You have an aptitude for learning new things quickly and have the confidence and humility to ask clarifying questions
What the job involves
- You'll work closely with our other engineers to build and ship key features
- You'll directly influence our entire tech stack, from standards to frameworks to architecture
- We're looking for people who will naturally take ownership of data products and who can bring a project all the way from a fast prototype to production
- Contribute towards improving Legalist’s internal data processing tools and frameworks
- Collaborate with teammates to design data pipelines and APIs, seeking and offering feedback along the way
- Build tools to extract data from various sources to enrich the data that we collect - we ingest a lot of data!
Our take
Legalist was founded to empower small and medium-sized businesses to access justice usually available only to the largest companies. It does this by investing in meritorious lawsuits - leveraging legal knowledge, tech and data to do so.
The company uses data from millions of court records to power its investment, vetting meritorious legal cases for investment based on the likelihood of winning. This takes into account factors such as the judge, lawyers, court type, and other details. Through this approach, the firm is able to generate returns for its clients while also providing capital to the lawyers and plaintiffs who need it most.
The company now manages over $900 million in assets, developed from $10 million back in 2017. Due to a surge in demand, the company expects to continue accelerating its year-on-year growth - enabling it to further carve out a strong presence in the alternative assets market.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2019
$100m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Healthcare reimbursement
- Work from home opportunities
- Monthly stipend plus incentive-based pay-structure
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Eva Shang
(Co-Founder & CEO)After dropping out of Harvard, Eva founded Legalist at the age of 20, leading the startup through Y Combinator's S16 accelerator program. She has served as CEO since 2016.
Christian Haigh
(Co-Founder & General Partner)Currently CEO at Compound. Previously Curator at TEDxHarvard College.
People progressing
Michael left his job as an Associate Relationship Manager at Frost Bank to join Leglalist as an Alternative Investment Analyst. Since December 2020, he has served as Controller.
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