Mid-Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

About LEAP

LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Management Solutions in the world and is part of ATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement has kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market-leading software we develop, and support is used by more than 71,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium-sized law firms.

Working alongside our international team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.

Meet the Family Law team

Family Law is a division of LEAP Legal Software which specialises in software solutions for our Family Law vertical. This is a one-of-a-kind team paving the way for a new structure in LEAP which focuses on tailored products for specific verticals of law. This team includes experienced legal professionals, developers, designers, and client-focused operational experts. We have in-house Australian Family Lawyers who are the experts in guiding the direction that our products take, along with a mature client feedback function.

What you'll do

You'll join a team of Full-Stack Developers who take full ownership of their products. In this role you’ll lead the build of new full-stack application for family lawyers, taking it from early prototypes to production. Working closely with in-house lawyers, product, client operations, and beyond, you’ll turn real practitioner workflows into simple, secure, high-performing web experiences. The work you'll do initially will be 50% frontend and 50% backend (.NET).

To make this happen, you will:

• Take ownership of the planning, design, implementation, and support of a new Family Law application.
• Work closely with our Directors and Managers to understand project requirements and translate them into actionable development tasks. You'll act as a bridge between product vision and technical implementation, providing insights and recommendations where necessary.
• Identify technical challenges and devise innovative solutions to overcome them, leveraging your autonomy and expertise to drive the prototyping process forward.
• Design and develop high-quality, responsive UI using TypeScript (React or Svelte), ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience.
• Improve the architecture of front-end components, optimising code for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Work closely with UX designers and in-house lawyers to iterate on flows and prototypes.
• Take ownership of front-end components, driving the technical direction and setting coding standards.
• Participate in agile methodologies such as stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospectives.

What you'll bring

• Frontend: TypeScript + React or Svelte
• Backend: C#/.NET + AWS
• Experience working with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and writing SQL.
• Experience consuming external APIs.
• Familiarity with version control systems and collaborative development workflows.
• Experience with automated testing (eg. xUnit, nUnit, Cypress, Playwright etc...)
• Experience working with sensitive client data.

Consider it a bonus if you:

• Have experience working in a start-up or greenfield environment; and
• Some experience with web scraping / data ingestion workflows (within legal and ethical constraints).

You are the type of person who

• Is a proactive communicator with a collaborative spirit, ready to work closely with stakeholders with varying levels of technical expertise
• Has the ability to think out of the box - not all our tasks are standard so neither are the solutions
• Is passionate about keeping up with the latest trends and best practices - you are driven by your curiosity to always be better
• Is flexible and adaptable in a rapidly changing environment - you can pivot quickly based on feedback and evolving project requirements
• Has strong programming fundamentals and can write, test, and debug code independently (AI tools are welcome, but not a substitute for fundamentals).

LEAP is an inclusive, people-first company committed to breaking down institutional barriers that keep people from reaching their potential. If you meet some, but not all the requirements above, we encourage you to still submit your application.

Why join LEAP?

• Your work matters. Helping lawyers help people sits at the heart of everything we do. We solve real world problems that improve and support local, everyday law firms. So they can do their best work for the people in the communities they serve.
• Make an impact. You won’t be another ‘cog in the wheel’ here. We give full trust and autonomy for you to be heard, to work on big & complex projects – and to make a real difference.
• Work with a group of authentic, passionate people who love what they do.
• Flexible and hybrid working. We'd like to find this person in Sydney, but we want you to work in a way that suits you and we're open to flexible arrangements that support you.
• Grow your career with us. Our founder Christian Beck has been building legal tech businesses for over 30 years. There are opportunities galore to expand your career based on where your interests lie. We're not afraid to pivot based on market conditions - you will always have the opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and do your best work here.
• Have fun with us. Celebrations. Socials. Sports teams. Access to sailing and yacht events.
• We value your well-being - enjoy an additional paid wellbeing day every year, free gym membership, corporate dental plan and weekly massages in the office.
• Work in a new, beautiful office space – with a catered lunch and breakfast every week, fully stocked kitchen and an on-site barista.
• Access to LEAP Home - a program unique to LEAP to support you in buying your primary residence. 

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