Senior Full Stack Developer (Python, LLM, Azure) - Part-time - LATAM/APAC

About the Project

Gill Law Group is building a modern family law practice management platform featuring case dashboards, workflow automation, secure data handling, and an AI-powered legal assistant. The system is already partially built with a Flask backend, Azure infrastructure, and early UI mockups. We’re looking for a skilled full-stack developer to take over development, stabilize the codebase, and build new features.

Key components include:

• Case Management Dashboard: Card-based interface showing cases, clients, deadlines, financials, and status updates.
• Workflow System: A JIRA-like case pipeline with visual stages, task tracking, and automated deadlines.
• AI Legal Assistant: Powered by Azure OpenAI, capable of querying case updates, listing upcoming deadlines, drafting legal documents, generating daily summaries, and extracting insights from email, documents, and calendars.
• Integrations: Outlook, Box, Dropbox, calendars, and other legal productivity tools.
• Existing Codebase & Infrastructure:
  *Backend: Python + Flask
  *Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  *Hosting & CI/CD: Azure App Service, Azure OpenAI, GitHub Actions
  *Several APIs and prototypes already in place

The developer will take ownership of stabilizing, extending, and productionizing the application.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the existing Python/Flask backend
• Build and integrate LLM/AI features using Azure OpenAI
• Develop and consume REST APIs for third-party services
• Implement secure authentication (Azure AD B2C, Auth0, similar)
• Build clean, functional frontend components (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Design and manage PostgreSQL schemas (users, cases, conversations, workflows)
• Handle deployments via Azure App Service and GitHub Actions
• Communicate technical tradeoffs clearly to a non-technical founder
• Work independently with minimal direction

Required Skills

• Python/Flask (must be proficient; not learning on the job)
• Azure (App Service, Azure OpenAI, deployment pipelines)
• Experience with OpenAI/Azure OpenAI APIs
  *Prompt engineering
  *Token & conversation management
  *Streaming responses
• Strong REST API development
• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (React/Vue is a plus)
• Authentication & security best practices
• PostgreSQL or similar relational DB design
• Git/GitHub workflows and CI/CD
• 3+ years building and deploying production software

Ideal Candidate

• Independent problem solver
• Clear communicator able to explain concepts simply
• Must be comfortable working directly with a founder who is domain-expert but non-technical
• Interested in long-term ownership and iterative product building

Why Join This Project

• Build a product directly shaped by real legal-world pain points
• Work on meaningful AI-powered features beyond typical CRUD applications
• Long-term roadmap with strong market fit potential
• Opportunity to own major parts of the platform’s architecture and success

• Python/Flask – The existing backend is Flask; you need to be proficient, not learning on the job
• Azure – Experience with Azure App Service, Azure OpenAI, and Azure deployment pipelines (GitHub Actions). Our infrastructure is on Azure and will stay there.
• LLM/AI Integration – Hands-on experience building applications with OpenAI or Azure OpenAI APIs. You should understand prompt engineering, token management, conversation memory, and streaming responses.
• REST APIs – Comfortable designing, building, and consuming APIs
• Frontend Development – HTML, CSS, JavaScript. Bonus if you're comfortable with a modern framework (React, Vue), but we value clean and functional over fancy.
• Authentication & Security – Experience implementing secure user authentication (Azure AD B2C, Auth0, or similar). This is a legal application—security is not optional.
• Database Design – PostgreSQL or similar relational database. You'll be designing schemas for user accounts, conversation history, and calculator data.
• Git/GitHub – Version control, branching, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines
• Independent Problem Solver – This is a small team. You need to figure things out, not wait for detailed instructions.
• Clear Communicator – Our founder is not a developer. You must explain technical tradeoffs in plain English and proactively surface issues.
• 3+ years shipping production software – We need someone who's built and deployed real applications used by real people, not side projects or tutorials