Senior Backend Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Job overview

The Senior Backend Software Engineer (Hybrid) role is listed in Franklin, TN, with an onsite work arrangement. The annual base salary is $136,000–$184,500, with an opportunity for a discretionary quarterly bonus. ZipLiens builds lien-resolution software that helps personal injury law firms work efficiently and helps injured people access settlement funds more quickly and accurately. This engineer will extend and operate backend systems and data workflows, build third-party integrations and machine-learning or large-language-model document processing, and help the growing engineering team maintain quality and scale.

What you'll do

• Own third-party integrations and build reusable integration platform capabilities
• build and operate ML/LLM systems for extracting information from unstructured documents, including evaluation and monitoring
• decompose monolithic services
• build and maintain backend services and data workflows
• troubleshoot production issues and apply security practices for sensitive legal and medical data
• mentor engineers, review code, and translate stakeholder needs into technical solutions.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior software engineer

backend

hybrid (title)

franklin tn

zipliens

full-time (listing)

python

django

aws

postgresql

third-party integrations

llm/ml

$136k–$184.5k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision plan
• company HSA contributions for eligible HDHP participants
• flexible spending accounts
• company-paid short-term disability
• voluntary long-term disability, life, AD&D, and supplemental coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• paid time off, 10 paid holidays, and parental leave.

Why this role

The role combines backend platform development, partner integrations, document-focused ML/LLM systems, and engineering mentorship; the team uses agentic coding tools and internal tooling.

About the employer

ZipLiens is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.