Senior Tech Lead / Architect, Empuls

Founding Engineer - LITMAS

About LITMAS

LITMAS is revolutionizing litigation with the first AI-powered platform built specifically for elite litigators. We're transforming how attorneys research, strategize, draft, and win cases by combining comprehensive case repositories with cutting-edge AI validation and workflow automation. We are a team incubated by experienced litigators, building the future of legal technology.

The Opportunity

We're seeking a Founding Engineer to join our core team and shape the technical foundation of LITMAS. This is a rare opportunity to build a category-defining product from the ground up, working directly with the founders to create technology that will transform the US litigation market.

As a founding engineer, you'll have significant ownership over our technical architecture, product decisions, and company culture. Your code will directly impact how thousands of attorneys practice law.

What You'll Do

• Architect and build core platform features using Python, Node.js, Next.js, React, and MongoDB
• Design and implement production-grade LLM systems with advanced tool usage, RAG pipelines, and agent architectures
• Build AI workflows that combine multiple tools for legal research, validation, and document analysis
• Create scalable RAG infrastructure to handle thousands of legal documents with high accuracy
• Implement AI tool chains to provide agents tool inputs
• Design intuitive interfaces that make complex legal workflows simple and powerful
• Own end-to-end features from conception through deployment and iteration
• Establish engineering best practices for AI systems including evaluation, monitoring, and safety
• Collaborate directly with founders on product strategy and technical roadmap

The Ideal Candidate

You're not just an AI engineer, you're someone who understands how to build reliable, production-grade AI systems that users can trust. You've wrestled with RAG accuracy, tool reliability, and LLM hallucinations in production. You know the difference between a demo and a system that handles real-world complexity. You're excited about applying AI to transform how legal professional’s work.

What We're Looking For

Must-Haves

• Deployed production-grade LLM applications with demonstrable experience in:
• Tool usage and function calling
• RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) implementation at scale
• Agent architectures and multi-step reasoning
• Prompt engineering and optimization
• Knowledge of multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, open-source models)
• Background in building AI evaluation and monitoring systems
• Experience with document processing and OCR technologies
• 3+ years of production experience with Node.js, Python, Next.js, and React
• Strong MongoDB expertise including schema design and optimization
• Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, or similar)
• Full-stack mindset with ability to own features from database to UI
• Track record of shipping complex web applications at scale
• Deep understanding of LLM limitations, hallucination prevention, and validation techniques

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB
• Frontend: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Modern CSS
• AI/ML: LangChain/LlamaIndex, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, vector databases, custom AI tools
• Additional: Document processing, search infrastructure, real-time collaboration

What We Offer

• Significant equity stake true ownership in the company you're building
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
• Direct impact your decisions shape the product and company
• Learning opportunity work with cutting-edge AI and legal technology
• Flexible work remote-first with a global team
• AI resources access to latest models and compute resources

Interview Process

One more thing: Our process includes deep technical interviews and fit conversations. As part of the evaluation, there will be an extensive take-home test that should expect to take at least 4-5 hours depending on your skill level. This allows us to see how you approach real problems similar to what you'll encounter at LITMAS.

Location: Remote

Type: Full-Time Trainee

Experience: Freshers / Entry-Level

Who We Are

We’re a lean, fast-moving startup on a mission to build cool, scalable web solutions—and we’re looking for a Trainee PHP Developer who’s hungry to learn and ready to dive into real code from day one.

At our place, you won’t be stuck doing repetitive tasks or fetching coffee (unless you want to). You’ll be working side-by-side with experienced devs, building real products, making mistakes, fixing them, and growing fast.

What You'll Be Doing

• Learn the ropes of PHP development, including working with MySQL, APIs, and web services
• Build, test, and improve small features and internal tools
• Collaborate with developers, designers, and product folks
• Experiment, ask questions, break things, and help fix them
• Get hands-on with code reviews, Git workflows, and modern dev tools
• Learn frameworks like Laravel or CodeIgniter (we’ll help!)

What We're Looking For

• A solid foundation in PHP (even basic is fine—you’ll grow here)
• Some exposure to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• A learning mindset—we care more about curiosity than experience
• Willingness to try, fail, ask, and try again
• Bonus: You’ve played around with a PHP project or tried building something on your own

What You’ll Get

• Real learning, not just tasks
• Mentorship from passionate devs
• Flexible hours, casual vibes, and startup energy
• Access to paid learning resources (courses, tools, etc.)
• A chance to convert into a full-time junior developer

Eligibility

• Fresh graduates or final-year students (CS/IT or related fields preferred)
• Self-taught developers are welcome too

We are looking for a talented MERN Developer with expertise in MongoDB/MySQL, Kubernetes, Python, ETL, Hadoop, and Spark. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and optimize scalable applications while ensuring efficient source code management and implementing Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain robust applications using MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).
• Design efficient database architectures (MongoDB/MySQL) for scalable data handling.
• Implement and manage Kubernetes-based deployment strategies for containerized applications.
• Ensure compliance with Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), including source code management, development tools, and security best practices.
• Develop and integrate Python-based functionalities for data processing and automation.
• Work with ETL pipelines for smooth data transformations.
• Leverage Hadoop and Spark for processing and optimizing large-scale data operations.
• Collaborate with solution architects, DevOps teams, and data engineers to enhance system performance.
• Conduct code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance optimization to ensure seamless application functionality.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proficiency in MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).
• Strong understanding of database technologies (MongoDB/MySQL).
• Experience working with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Hands-on knowledge of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) in application development.
• Expertise in Python, ETL pipelines, and big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark).
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and cloud computing frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications in cloud computing, Kubernetes, or database management.
• Experience in DevOps, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure management.
• Understanding of security best practices in application development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Node.js & Angular development.
• Experience with NoSQL database technologies like MongoDB is must.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage projects properly and meet project deadlines.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines is must.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Product development team in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust MEAN stack Application.
• Should be able to plan & execute Development Sprints in Jira based on given Feature Documentation.
• Should be able to allocate resources for Sprints and give time estimates.
• Conduct Daily Standup Meetings for Team and make sure of Sprint Progress.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers, guiding them in best practices for MEAN Stack development.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, provide technical insights, and communicate project progress.
• Stay updated with the latest development trends, tools, and technologies, and advocate for their adoption within the team.
• Making sure that we are creating highly scalable and maintainable API’s that meet performance and security requirements.
• Make sure to have at least 90% Test Coverage for NodeJS Backend.
• Conduct detailed code reviews & refactoring and ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and project guidelines.
• Optimising frontend components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Develop detailed, annotated wireframes depicting all elements on unique screen types, including content, functional, navigation, and interaction specifications.
• Articulates rationale for approach in the context of both business and user needs.
• Define processes and deliverable that meet project goals and are reasonable within operational, cultural and technology constraints.
• Submit Weekly Sprint & Product Performance Report to Management

What you must have:

• Developing and maintaining dynamic websites and web applications
• Ensure foolproof performance of the deliverable
• Coordinate with co-developers and other related departments.
• Experience own and work on end to end on an application.
• Set Milestones and deadline.
• Fine-tuning and resolve performance issues
• Mentor colleagues and code walk through.

Must have Skills:

PHP, OOP, codeigniter, Jquery, MySQL

Location: Job Location : Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road.

Role Description:

• Lister is actively engaged with client across digital transformation and engineering
• As a part of this engagement, you will be working with our clients on solution design and architecture, technology decisions, while co-ordinating technical efforts for the team
• As a Technical Lead:, You will need to collaborate with Solution Architects define technology
• roadmap, evaluate/recommend technologies, architect and design solutions, Work
• with other developers to oversee the development and implementation
• You will translate functional requirements from business stakeholders to the technical
• team for implementation
• You will need to troubleshoot design flaws and system bottlenecks
• You will have to be hands-on with code reviews and evaluate implementation for performance and scale
• Manage communication between our clients and internal teams in India and USA
• Coordinate with the offshore team to deliver projects across work streams, Identify risks, issues and blockers to progress and mitigate them for the team
• Rapidly gain an understanding of project requirements and drive execution
• Work with delivery team to ensure the highest quality of materials are being produced and all client needs are met.

Skills Required:

• Excellent understanding of backend and frontend components in the following stack: NodeJS, TypeScript, Javascript, ReactJS, multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases like Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB Experience of working on AWS services (Lambda, Step functions, SQS, S3 SNS)
• Microservice design pattern is a must
• Experience in Docker, Kubernetes, containerization and CI/CD pipelines is preferable
• Experience in software development tools like Prettier, CodeCov, Snyk, etc..
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; client facing and interpersonal skills; must be a listener, a presenter, and a people-person
• Experience in Designing scalable architecture systems for Node-based applications
• Ability to grasp complex implementations; Proven results of delivering client solutions
• Should have experience of working with offshore team
• Experience in working on large scale technology transformation projects for product companies is preferable
• Technology contributions to open source projects will be an added advantage
• Should have completed Certifications or training on AWS (AWS Solutions Architect), NodeJS, front-end frameworks.