Associate Software Developer

About Visalaw.ai Visalaw.ai is transforming immigration law through AI. Our platform helps immigration attorneys and legal teams automate document drafting, case research, translation, and other time-consuming legal workflows so they can focus on delivering exceptional service to their clients. We're a fast-growing software company where AI isn't just a feature?it's at the center of everything we build. Our team moves quickly, collaborates closely, and values people who enjoy solving real customer problems with technology.

About the Role We're looking for an Associate Software Developer who enjoys both building software and helping solve complex customer issues. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with 1?2 years of professional software development experience who wants to continue growing as an engineer while gaining exposure to real-world product challenges. You'll spend your time developing new features, fixing bugs, and working closely with our Support and Engineering teams to investigate technical issues, identify root causes, and improve the customer experience. If you're curious, enjoy debugging, and like seeing the direct impact of your work, we'd love to meet you. Requirements What You'll Do

• 1?2 years of professional software development experience.
• Working proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, with some exposure to React or Next.js.
• Comfortable writing and debugging backend code in Node.js.
• Able to read and write SQL queries against a production database.
• Clear, professional written communication?comfortable explaining technical issues to both engineers and non-technical customers.
• Systematic debugging approach: reproducing issues, isolating root cause, documenting findings.

• Direct experience with Next.js and NestJS specifically.
• Exposure to MongoDB or other document databases.
• Prior experience in a technical support, QA, or help-desk role alongside development work.
• Familiarity with AWS (ECS, CodeBuild/CodeDeploy) or CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with SaaS products in a legal, compliance, or document-heavy domain.
• Exposure to LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) or AI-integrated features.

Tech You'll Work With Next.js (Vercel) NestJS (AWS ECS Fargate) PostgreSQL (Supabase) MongoDB Atlas Mailgun GitHub Benefits Competitive salary Employer-sponsored health insurance Voluntary dental and vision 401(k) retirement plan Flexible PTO Remote work flexibility