Location: Remote Reporting To: BE Tech Lead Department: Engineering & Architecture
About Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS)
At Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS), we’re transforming how fund formation and private equity legal work gets done. Our flagship product, ProVision, is a legal tech SaaS platform that streamlines fund documentation and workflows for law firms and institutional fund managers. We’re still early, but we have a clear product—market fit, a deep understanding of our buyers, and an ambitious roadmap. We operate at the intersection of legal, private equity, and workflow automation, and we’re building the go-to platform for fund formation teams globally. This is a rare opportunity to join a lean, high-calibre team that is seeing significant traction in the marketplace. The bar is high, the work is hands-on, and the impact on the company’s growth, brand, and revenue will be direct and visible. We move fast, take ownership, and stay close to our customers. We value clear thinking, simplicity over complexity. If you want to do the best work of your career in legal tech, we’d love to build with you.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Back-End Developer to design, build, and optimize the APIs, data models, and services that power ProVision. You’ll work closely with front-end engineers, QA, and DevOps to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure back-end systems serving global enterprise clients. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in Python/Django, AWS services, and distributed systems design, with a focus on performance, maintainability, and clean architecture.
What You’ll Be Doing
Design and implement RESTful APIs using Python 3.10+ and Django 4.x / Django REST Framework.
Develop scalable data models and queries with PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
Build background workers and asynchronous tasks using Celery, SQS, and Lambda.
Integrate AWS services (S3, SNS/SQS, CloudFront, ECS, RDS) into application workflows.
Participate in code reviews and maintain clean, secure, and well-documented services.
Collaborate with DevOps to improve CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
Contribute to architecture discussions, scalability planning, and performance optimisation.
Must-Have Requirements
10+ years of experience in software development, preferably in SaaS environments.
Strong expertise in Python (3.10+), Django (4.x), and Django REST Framework, with solid REST API development experience.
Strong system design and software architecture skills, with experience building scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems on AWS.
Hands-on experience with AWS services and infrastructure, including ECS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, and RDS.
Strong experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Celery, and messaging systems such as SQS/SNS.
Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Agile/Scrum environments, and modern development best practices.
English at B2+ level, sufficient for daily communication with the team.
Preferred Requirements
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS developer tooling.
Knowledge of authentication frameworks, role-based access control, and multi-tenant architecture/design patterns.
Understanding of testing frameworks, linting, and pre-commit workflows (GitHub CI, pytest, Ruff, etc.).
A pragmatic engineering mindset with a focus on reliability and clean architecture.
Strong collaboration and communication skills within cross-functional Agile teams.
A proactive approach to improving codebases and developer experience.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail when solving problems.
Experience with text/document processing libraries such as pdfplumber, PyPDF2, or docxtpl.
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Sentry, Prometheus), as well as secure key management solutions (KMS, SOPS).
Personal Attributes
Strong ownership mindset and ability to work inde
