Software Engineer

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 team

Our vertical teams are specialist divisions within LEAP, each focused-on building dedicated software solutions for a specific area of legal practice. Structured as cross-functional teams of legal professionals, software engineers, designers, and client-focused specialists, each vertical works closely together to deliver practical products used every day by law firms across Australia and New Zealand.

This is genuinely exciting work. As an engineer in one of our vertical teams, you won't be maintaining legacy systems - you'll be taking greenfield ideas from proof-of-concept all the way to production. That means owning builds end-to-end, shaping architecture decisions early, and seeing your work land in the hands of real users quickly. A big part of what we're building right now sits at the intersection of legal expertise and AI - and the products coming out of our vertical teams have the potential to fundamentally change how law firms operate.

Depending on the vertical you join, you could be building for criminal law, personal injury, employment law, wills & estates, or another specialist practice area. Each brings its own domain challenges, a dedicated legal expert, and a close-knit team invested in making a real difference for clients. You will also have the support and infrastructure of LEAP Dev - our wider engineering organisation, to give you everything you need to build and ship great software.

What you'll do

You'll collaborate with a variety of stakeholders - including product owners and client operations - to translate ideas and concepts into functional web applications available within LEAP Legal Software. With the support and infrastructure of LEAP Dev, you'll have full responsibility for building and maintaining these applications.

To make this happen, you will:

• Research and develop emerging trends, standards, and practices for frontend development
• Design, develop and manage backend APIs and services
• Provide scalability to ensure the application can handle large volumes of data and users
• Implement secure customer authentication
• Find ways to evolve and improve how we develop, deploy, and deliver software
• Revise, update, refactor, and debug code

What you'll bring

• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer
• Strong proficiency in frontend development using modern web technologies, particularly React
• Expertise in at least one modern server-side programming language
• Solid experience with database technologies
• In-depth understanding of software development methodologies, software architecture, and best practices
• Proficiency in Test Driven Development (TDD) and applying automated testing best practices
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms like AWS and related tools
• Exposure to the full software development lifecycle - requirements analysis, UI/UX design, testing, CI/CD, and release planning

You are the type of person who

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.