Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI

Our Story TopDog Law is a nationally scaling personal injury firm that owns the client experience end to end, from marketing and intake through litigation. We've grown 2-3x year over year for three years running, and we're now building the operations, systems, and teams to scale without sacrificing quality or culture. We're fully remote, and we value ownership, open communication, and speed. If you want to help build something exceptional, you'll feel at home here. The Opportunity We're looking for a Staff-level Software Engineer who is as comfortable designing production systems as they are applying AI to real business problems. This is a hybrid role, not a pure AI research or ML engineering position. You'll build the internal tools and platforms that power our operations teams, and be the technical expert on where AI creates real value and where it doesn't. You'll set technical direction across multiple teams and systems, not just the ones you build yourself. When the business needs to explore an AI opportunity, weigh technology options, or understand where we stand on AI, you'll investigate, recommend, and deliver. You'll navigate ambiguity and make well-reasoned build-versus-buy decisions, then drive the recommended solution through implementation. You'll also think about the data each product generates, so what we build feeds our analytics and helps leadership decide where to invest. You bring strong engineering judgment, a bias toward pragmatic solutions, and the abilit