Laurel is on a mission to return time. As the leading AI Time platform for professional services firms, we’re transforming how organizations capture, analyze, and optimize their most valuable resource: time. Our proprietary machine learning technology automates work time capture and connects time data to business outcomes, enabling firms to increase profitability, improve client delivery, and make data-driven strategic decisions. We serve many of the world's largest accounting and law firms, including EY, Grant Thornton, and Latham & Watkins, and process over 1 billion work activities annually that have never been collected and aggregated before Laurel’s AI Time platform.

Our team comprises top talent in AI, product development, and engineering—innovative, humble, and forward-thinking professionals committed to redefining productivity in the knowledge economy. We're building solutions that empower workers to deliver twice the value in half the time, giving people more time to be creative and impactful. If you're passionate about transforming how people work and building a lasting company that explores the essence of time itself, we'd love to meet you.

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team. You’ll have a direct impact on engineering practices throughout the stack (front/back). As a Software Engineer, you will work with customer experience, product management and fellow engineers to identify issues in our systems and implement or improve solutions to improve customer happiness.

Why Now?

Laurel is growing! We had a very successful 2024, and are looking for a full stack engineer to help us improve across the board.

Core Duties

• Collaborate: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to gather requirements, define technical specifications and measures of success, and deliver high-quality software solutions.

• Optimize: Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues. Continuously improve performance, scalability, and security of our applications.

• Test and Deploy: Implement automated testing and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure robust and reliable software releases.

• Work with Product and Customer Success teams to flesh out business requirements and designs for those requirements and systems

Connect: We want you not just to build but to engage with our product and our users. Your input and opinion will be highly valuable and it is expected that you have many thoughts on how things should be done and why.

Teammates

You will be part of the infrastructure team (affectionately known as the Time Owls) which focuses on issues that span multiple product pods. Your team’s goal is to make Laurel more reliable, performant and functional.

Skills and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience: 1+ years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on full stack development. Significant experience with modern web technologies is preferred.

• Technical Skills:

  • Frontend:

    • Required: Strong understanding of React, Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

    • Nice to Have: Familiarity with NextJS, TailwindCSS, component libraries. Familiarity with C# and/or Swift.

  • Backend:

    • Required: Strong understanding of Typescript, Node.js, messaging queues (ie. AWS SQS), MongoDB, NestJS

    • Nice to have: Experience with Python (Django, FastAPI, or Flask). Familiarity with Airflow and PostgreSQL. Familiarity with Golang.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and creatively. Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.

• Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

• Customer Mindset: Proven ability to engage with customers and understand their needs.

• Domain Knowledge: Experience in AI, is strongly preferred.

Flexibility and Logistics:

Location: We have offices in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco and prefer hybrid placement in those locations. We are open to US Remote applicants.

1. Compensation: Competitive salary, generous equity, comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage with covered premiums, 401(k), additional benefits including wellness/commuter/FSA stipends.

Visa Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

What happens if my kid or I are sick on a workday? Take all the time you need! We’ll cover for you. And send you some soup.

Why join Laurel:

• To date, we've secured significant funding from renowned venture capitalists (Google Ventures, IVP, Anthos, Upfront Ventures), as well as notable individuals like Marc Benioff, Gokul Rajaram, Kevin Weil, and Alexis Ohanian

• A smart, fun, collaborative, and inclusive team

• Great employee benefits, including equity and 401K

• Bi-annual, in-person company off-sites, in unique locations, to grow and share time with the team

• An opportunity to perform at your best while growing, making a meaningful impact on the company's trajectory, and embodying our core values: understanding your "why," dancing in the rain, being your whole self, and sanctifying time

We encourage diverse perspectives and rigorous thinkers who aren't afraid to challenge the status quo. Laurel is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are not able to support visa sponsorship or relocation assistance.

If you think you'd be a good fit for this role, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t perfectly match all the bullet points in the job description. At Laurel, we strive to create an inclusive culture that encourages people from all walks of life to bring their unique, diverse perspectives to work. Every day, we aim to build an environment that empowers us all to do the best work of our careers, and we can't wait to show you what we have to offer!