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LEAP is a leading Legal Practice Management Software provider serving over 71,000 lawyers and staff in small and medium-sized law firms globally. The Criminal Law team is a specialist division building software specifically for criminal law practices, combining legal expertise with modern software engineering.
In this hybrid role based in Sydney, you'll work as a full-stack software engineer on the Criminal Law team, collaborating with product owners, in-house criminal lawyers, and client operations teams. Your responsibilities span both content development and full-stack engineering, translating product concepts into functional web applications and content solutions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing and developing backend APIs and services with scalability for large datasets and user bases
- Building frontend applications using modern web technologies, particularly React
- Creating and maintaining automated forms, precedents, and matter types for criminal law documentation
- Implementing secure customer authentication and evolving deployment practices
- Developing content applications such as Word add-ins and Definable Table Apps using LEAP's Galaxy Design System
- Building calculation objects and document automation logic for accurate legal documentation
- Collaborating with content teams and in-house lawyers to translate legal requirements into working software
- Managing code through Git version control, testing, and CI/CD deployment
Required qualifications:
- 3+ years hands-on full-stack software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in React and modern front-end frameworks
- Expertise in at least one modern server-side programming language
- Solid database technology experience
- Proficiency in Test Driven Development and automated testing
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS
- Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js
- Understanding of document automation and software development lifecycle
LEAP offers flexible hybrid working arrangements, meaningful work supporting lawyers who help people, full autonomy on complex projects, and strong career growth opportunities within a 30-year-old legal tech company with 1000+ employees across multiple countries.
