Lighthouse / Software Engineer

Role

We're looking for senior software engineers to build systems and interfaces that help the world's best and brightest build in the U.S.

You might be a good fit if:

• You have strong engineering skills and love building robust, scalable systems.
• You enjoy working across the stack - from backend services to interfaces.
• Have high agency, especially for independent research and problem-solving.
• You've been building great things. For senior engineers, you've been shipping products for 2+ years.

Culture

• Lighthouse is an engineering-led company. We get to pick/veto what we build.
• We're a flat org with no managers (engineering or product).
• We work in bi-weekly sprints, with one meeting on Monday to check in and demos on Friday with everyone at the company. You can plan the rest of the week however you like.
• We spend a considerable chunk of time with users (the legal operations team, or customers) to find and pick what to build. Some projects our team has worked on include:
  • A real-time, collaborative text editor using CRDTs
  • A custom PDF templating and rendering engine
  • A legal "IDE" in React, Typescript
  • Finetuning LLMs
• We ship multiple times a day, with a preference for testing ideas out quickly and polishing over time.

Pay and Benefits

• We sponsor visas, obviously.
• Competitive base and equity, scales with experience.
• Health, dental, vision, 401k.
• Equipment/office stipend.
• Bi-annual team off-sites in cool places.
• In person in SF preferred, hybrid possible.

Lighthouse is an equal opportunity workplace; we welcome people from all backgrounds, communities, and experiences. To apply, email your resume and something you've built to [email protected]. If selected, we'll schedule a call to get to know you better and do a deep technical dive into the work you've chosen to highlight.