We're Hiring — Founding Role

Build the future
of real estate closings.

Philer is looking for a Founding Engineer to take our AI-powered closing platform from MVP to market-ready. Shape the technical vision of a company backed by licensed lawyers and trusted by thousands of Canadian homebuyers.

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📍 Toronto, ON — Hybrid 💼 Full-Time 💰 $100K–$200K + Equity ⏱ 0-3 Years Exp.

Open Position · Philer

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Role

Founding Engineer

Location

Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Salary

$100K–$200K DOE + Equity

Schedule

Mon–Wed office · Thu–Fri remote

Stage

Seed — MVP → Scale

Backed by licensed lawyers

AI-first, agentic tech stack

Significant equity stake

Own the technical vision — architecture, culture, and execution.

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— The Role

More than code.
A founding mission.

We're disrupting the legal industry. Agentic AI agents automate the entire legal workflow for real estate transactions, while keeping lawyers in control with human-in-the-loop oversight. We eliminate the manual, repetitive work that bogs down legal teams and create a seamless experience for real estate professionals and their clients.

As Founding Engineer, you will take our MVP to a scalable, market-ready product. This isn't just about writing code — you'll shape the technical vision, make foundational architecture decisions, and establish the engineering culture that will scale with the team.

You'll work directly with our in-house legal team to translate complex legal workflows into elegant, secure, automated systems. Every line you ship affects real families closing on their homes.

Philer — Authorized by Law Society of Ontario

Program

Access to Innovation (A2I)

Jurisdictions

Ontario & Alberta

Model

AI Agents + Human-in-the-Loop

Google Rating

4.9 / 5 — 1,000+ closed transactions

Philer's Mission

Automate the entire real estate closing workflow with AI — zero hidden fees, 100% digital, always lawyer-certified and legally compliant.

— What You'll Build

A multi-agent platform
for every closing step.

Client & Document Management

Onboarding workflows, document ingestion and review, AI-powered contract summarization — everything a client touches from day one.

Legal Operations

Title and writ searches via third-party integrations (Teraview), automated risk analysis, and deed preparation with lawyer sign-off.

Transaction Coordination

Meeting scheduling, DocuSign integration, property transfer tax and land transfer tax calculations — automated and fully auditable.

Financial Operations

Statement of adjustments generation, invoicing, and payment confirmation — handling real financial data with precision and security.

Compliance & Registration

Checklist-based title clearance and property registration workflows built to regulatory standards in Ontario and Alberta.

Communication Layer

Automated client updates and lawyer notifications with full, tamper-proof audit trails. Every action tracked, every approval logged.

— Requirements

What we're
looking for.

Core Requirements

→0-3 years of full-stack engineering with significant backend depth
→Strong architectural skills — you've designed systems from scratch and lived with the consequences
→Experience building production apps handling sensitive financial data
→Deep security knowledge: encryption, access controls, audit logging, secure API design
→Proficiency in Python/FastAPI or Node.js with Supabase (PostgreSQL)
→Experience with GCP or OpenAI cloud infra and Docker/Kubernetes

Highly Valued

→AI-first development: agent frameworks, evaluation pipelines, RAG systems, prompt engineering
→Familiarity with SOC 2, GDPR, or similar compliance frameworks
→Previous founding or early-stage startup experience

Experience Level

→Senior to Staff level — you've been the person who makes the hard calls
→Comfortable with ambiguity; turn vague requirements into working systems
→Strong communicator who can work directly with a non-technical legal team

Technical Philosophy We Look For

→Security and data protection are first principles, never afterthoughts
→You know the difference between moving fast and cutting corners
→Pragmatic build-vs-buy decisions for third-party integrations
→Clean, maintainable code with documentation and test coverage

— What Success Looks Like

Your first year
in three chapters.

First 3 Months

Security & Foundation

Establish foundational security architecture and development practices
Complete integration with Teraview — Philer's first critical third-party legal data service
Beta platform hardened and ready for real client transactions

First 6 Months

End-to-End Automation

Full workflow automation from contract intake to property registration
Human-in-the-loop approval system with clear audit trails
Security audit completed with remediation plan in place
Platform handling real transactions for multiple law firms

First Year

Scale & Lead

SOC 2 & GDPR compliant platform processing significant volume
Begin hiring and mentoring the next wave of Philer engineers
Technical foundation ready to support rapid growth
Canada's recognized authority on real estate closing automation

— Why Philer

AI speed.
Lawyer-certified trust.

Ground Floor Impact

Shape the product, technology, and culture as a founding team member. Own the technical vision with minimal bureaucracy.

Competitive Compensation

$100K–$200K depending on experience, plus significant equity. We reward the people who build the foundation.

Hybrid Schedule

Mon–Wed at our quiet, centrally located Toronto office near TTC. Thu–Fri from wherever you do your best work.

Exceptional Team

An ambitious, culturally diverse team who works hard and genuinely has fun together — lawyers included.

Real Industry Disruption

Transform a massive, inefficient industry and directly improve outcomes for homebuyers, lawyers, and agents.

AI-First Stack

Work at the frontier of agentic AI and multi-agent systems on a real problem affecting people's biggest financial decisions.

Build the futureof real estate closings.

More than code.A founding mission.

A multi-agent platformfor every closing step.

What we'relooking for.

Your first yearin three chapters.

AI speed.Lawyer-certified trust.