Software Engineer at LEAP Legal Software

LEAP Legal Software; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Hybrid working

Wellbeing day

Free gym membership

Weekly massages

Catered lunch & breakfast

On-site barista

Job summary

LEAP Dev, the software house powering LEAP Legal Software, invites a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Product team in Sydney. You will design, build, and maintain backend services in C#/.NET with significant React-based frontend work.

You’ll craft RESTful APIs, drive integrations, and contribute to scalable, event-driven architectures in a fast-moving Agile setting. You’ll collaborate with lawyers and technologists to translate client needs into innovative solutions, employing CI/CD,

Qualifications

• Five+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong backend experience with C#/.NET and RESTful APIs.
• Three+ years of React or similar frontend experience.
• Knowledge of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services in C#/.NET (~70%) and frontend in React (~30%).
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs, back-end services, integrations, and event-driven solutions.
• Develop and maintain modern, responsive frontend components with React.
• Apply best practices including agile methodologies, automated testing, code reviews, and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development practices and engineering standards.

Skills

C# & .NET

React

RESTful APIs

API design

AWS services

CI/CD

Software architecture

Agile development

AI tooling

Microsoft Graph

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS SQS

Amazon Aurora MySQL

AWS S3

Aspose

MS Graph API

Job description

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

About LEAP Dev

LEAP Dev is the \"Software House\" powering LEAP Legal Software, the leading provider of Legal Practice Productivity Solutions in the world. We’re part of ATI Global – 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 100,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium sized law firms. Working alongside our 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 Development Team

At the core of LEAP’s success is our market leading software, and our Development Team are the architects, coders and creators keeping our legal software at the cutting edge of what’s possible. Working alongside a dynamic and passionate team of law and technology experts alike, you’ll harness your technical aptitude and curiosity to understand our clients’ needs and translate them into innovative software solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the frontier of the technology space and make a powerful impact streamlining our customers ways of working and giving them space to do more for their clients. A place where your unique perspective and a little human touch will do wonders, not just for lawyers who help people, but in shaping the future of legal technology. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Product team. Working with us on multiple projects varying from backend services to web applications, you will be someone who can adapt to various technologies and be able to research and come up with solutions independently in an agile environment. You will be confident in proposing new technologies and frameworks to build the next generation of our products.

What you’ll do

Design, develop, and maintain software solutions with a strong focus on backend development using C# and .NET (approximately 70%), complemented by frontend development using React (approximately 30%).

Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs, backend services, integrations, and event-driven solutions.

Develop and maintain modern, responsive frontend applications and components using React.

Apply software engineering best practices and industry standards, including agile methodologies, automated testing, code reviews, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).

Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and design and implement scalable, maintainable solutions.

Contribute to the ongoing improvement of development practices, architecture, tooling, and engineering standards.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong commercial experience developing backend applications and services using C# and .NET.
• 3+ years of experience with React or similar modern frontend frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and software development principles.
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Design and implementation of RESTful APIs with .NET, preferably .NET 10.
  • Design of relational database schemas and data models, preferably with AWS RDS or Amazon Aurora MySQL.
  • Event-driven solutions, preferably using Amazon SQS, S3 and other AWS Lambda services.
  • AI-assisted development and tooling, including MCP servers, structured prompting, and the development of AI tools and skills.
  • Integration with workspace APIs, preferably Microsoft Graph and Google Gmail APIs.
  • Server-side document generation and modification using libraries or platforms such as Aspose or similar.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles and integration patterns.
• Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in an open and positive.
• Experience in any of the following would be highly regarded:
  • Integration with Microsoft Graph API, including Microsoft 365 services such as Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, and related APIs.
  • Integration with Google APIs, particularly Google Workspace services such as Gmail, Calendar, and Drive.
  • macOS application development, including experience building, integrating, or supporting applications and services on Mac..
  • Experience developing integrations across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace ecosystems.

Benefits

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.

Why join LEAP?

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.

Well‑funded and global. LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Management Solutions across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. We're part of ATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies.

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.