praesensus
Careers

Build the operating spine for legal.

We are a founding team building the platform that will define state-aware legal work for a generation. Not another drafting tool. Not another CLM. The substrate.

Why join

A category to define

The unified operating picture doesn't exist yet as a product category. We're building it.

Composed foundations

We didn't rewrite the spine — we lifted it from five production-tested siblings and layered the genuinely new Combining Layer on top. The infrastructure works.

Insight-only + fail-closed + privilege-preserving

The right ethical posture for legal. Permanent architectural commitments, not marketing claims.

Distributed by default

Coast-to-coast. Async-first. Deep-work default. Meeting hygiene enforced.

Cash-competitive + equity-generous

Documented comp bands. Real ownership for the founding team. Refresh grants for continuing top performers.

Comprehensive benefits

Health / dental / vision + 401k + parental leave + wellness stipend + $2K/yr learning budget + sabbatical after 4 years.

Open roles

Roles are grouped by function. Contact careers@praesensus.com with resume + one paragraph on why this role at this company. No cover letter theater. No AI-generated boilerplate.

Engineering

IC5-IC6 · Remote (US)

Sr / Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Own core-platform engineering across the seven-stage spine + Combining Layer + plugin surface. 6+ years production backend engineering. Deep Python. Data-intensive systems experience.

IC3-IC4 · Remote (US)

Mid-Level Software Engineer (Backend)

Ship features across the platform. 3+ years production backend. Strong Python. Comfort with async and event-driven patterns.

IC4-IC5 · Remote (US)

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer

Own cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, on-prem appliance packaging, and 24/7 reliability. 5+ years. Kubernetes. Multi-cloud + multi-region.

Customer + Sales

IC4 · Remote (US)

Solutions Engineer

Pre-sales technical partner + implementation kickoff owner. Bridge sales + engineering. Legal-tech background ideal.

IC3-IC4 · Remote (US)

Customer Success Manager

Own post-sale customer relationships. Drive retention, expansion, reference-customer creation. 3+ years enterprise SaaS CS.

Full role descriptions and Y1-Y5 hiring roadmap available on request. If you don't see your role but think you'd be additive to the founding team, email us anyway.

The interview process

  1. Founder screen — 30 minutes
  2. Domain deep-dive — 60 minutes
  3. Working session — 90 minutes
  4. Reference calls — three references
  5. Offer — within 5 business days of final round

Ready?

Email careers@praesensus.com with resume + one paragraph on why this role.