Software Engineer - AI Legal Risk Systems

LEAP Legal Software, Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Wellbeing day

Gym membership

Dental plan

Weekly massages

Catered lunch

Job summary

LEAP is seeking a Software Engineer for the Matter Issues team, focused on building risk-aware AI tools for legal professionals. You’ll work across the full stack, from API design to production-ready UX, delivering scalable AI-powered features for LEAP’s ecosystem.

You’ll join a fast-moving AI venture within a leading LegalTech company, operating with a startup mindset but backed by enterprise resources. Flexible hybrid arrangements are available, ideally based in Sydney.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of professional experience as a full-stack engineer.
• Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Node.js.
• Strong understanding of APIs, backend development and databases.

Responsibilities

• Build core features and APIs for our AI-enabled risk management platform.
• Design and deliver production-quality backend services and frontend experiences.
• Collaborate on architectural decisions and lift the overall technical direction.
• Work end-to-end on features from idea to release, in a startup-like environment backed by an enterprise.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Node.js

APIs

Communication

Job description

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 Matter Issues team

A fast-moving AI venture operating inside the world's leading LegalTech organisation. Working at the intersection of automation, agentic AI reasoning, and legal domain intelligence, you'll help engineer therisk-aware legal brainthat powers LEAP's emerging agentic AI ecosystem - including the AI Free Thinking Paralegal.

If you're excited about building practical, high-impact AI systems that support real professionals doing important work, this is the place for you. This is your chance to help build a first-of-its-kind AI system that gives lawyers something they've never had before: an intelligent, risk-aware legal assistant that understands what can go wrong - before they even ask.

What you'll do

As a Software Engineer on the Matter Issues team, you'll work across the full stack and the full product lifecycle - designing, building, and refining the systems that will power risk-aware AI inside law firms around the world.

To make this happen, you will:

Build the next generation of legal intelligence

• Develop core features and APIs for our AI risk management platform.
• Model, structure, and deliver risk insights that feed into AI systems via MCP.
• Integrate with LEAP's AI ecosystem, including the Free Thinking Paralegal and Matter AI.

Design and deliver production-quality systems

• Build scalable, resilient backend services and polished frontend experiences.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction.
• Ensure high reliability, observability, and performance.

Push the boundaries of applied AI

• Prototype and refine AI-driven features that leverage LLMs effectively.
• Work with the constraints and strengths of generative AI in real-world systems.
• Help enable proactive, risk-aware behaviour inside LEAP's AI products.

Work like a start-up, backed by an enterprise

• Own features end-to-end - from idea to release.
• Collaborate closely with the Matter Issues team in a low-bureaucracy environment.
• Contribute to a product with real user impact from day one.

What you'll bring

• 3-6 years of professional experience as a full-stack engineer.
• Proficiency withJavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
• Strong understanding of APIs, backend development, and databases.
• Clear and thoughtful communication skills.

Nice to Have

(Not required - we will teach on the job)

• Experience with AI/LLMs, automation workflows, or agent systems.
• Exposure to Legal Tech, SaaS products, or early-stage tech teams.
• Interest in LLM prompt engineering or applied AI reliability.

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.