Member of Technical Staff

About the role

As a Member of the Technical Staff at Finch, you'll own critical features end-to-end, ship fast, and work directly alongside product, ops, and design in a codebase where your decisions matter from day one.

Responsibilities

• Own major features end-to-end, from architecture decisions through production release.
• Build reliable, performant systems across our core workflows using Python/Django, React, and AWS.
• Ship AI-powered functionality that turns legal complexity into clear, usable software for law firms.
• Collaborate directly with product, ops, and design to define what gets built and why.
• Shape our culture of our technical team, standards, and practices while we're still small enough for it to matter.

Requirements

• 3+ years building reliable, secure software in production.
• Full-stack experience – comfortable across the frontend and backend.
• Proficiency in Python and React, or demonstrably fast at picking up new stacks.
• A track record of writing clean, testable, maintainable code.

Qualifications

• Experience with Django, AWS, or OpenAI APIs.
• Prior work at an early-stage startup where you helped set engineering standards.
• Familiarity with legal tech, document processing, or data-heavy workflows.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

• 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• In-office snacks, drinks, and daily team lunches and dinners.
• Flexible PTO (we trust you to take the time you need).

Pay

The expected package for this role includes base salary + equity. Base salary = $180,000 - $280,000.

Schedule

This role is 4 days/week in our NYC office.