Lead Software Engineer (Libra - Legal AI Assistant) (m/f/d)

Wolters Kluwer N.V.; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remote work up to 3 days per week

Work from EU up to 20 days/year

26 vacation days

Volunteer Day

Zusammenfassung

Wolters Kluwer N.V. in Berlin is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to drive end-to-end product features across the stack, collaborating with product and design teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.

You will contribute to architecture, security, and performance while exploring AI tools to enhance capabilities. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of product software engineering, Python (FastAPI), TypeScript, and AI tool experience.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or similar.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant product software engineering experience.
• Strong Python (FastAPI) and TypeScript with modern web app experience.
• Experience using AI coding agents like Cursor or Claude Code.
• English communication is essential; German a plus.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement, and maintain features across the stack (backend APIs to frontend interfaces).
• Collaborate with product and design teams to deliver intuitive, high-performing UX.
• Ensure code quality, security, and scalable architecture.
• Contribute to technical decision-making and engineering culture.
• Explore and integrate AI tools to boost developer productivity and product capabilities.

Kenntnisse

Python

FastAPI

Async programming

TypeScript

Svelte

English communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Jobbeschreibung

As a Lead Software Engineer (m/f/d), you will be working for our Legal & Regulatory division where we help legal and compliance professionals enhance productivity, mitigate risk, and solve complex problems confidently. There are hundreds of thousands of lawyers across Europe — and at Libra, we’re transforming how they work. Our AI platform combines deep legal reasoning with cutting-edge generative technology, fundamentally changing how lawyers research, draft, and deliver legal work.

About the role We are looking for exceptional engineers to join our fast-growing team automating knowledge work for legal professionals. As a Lead Software Engineer, you’ll play a central role in developing our product and have high impact and ownership over key product features. You’ll work end-to-end across the stack, contributing to both backend and frontend development in a lean, agile environment. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of legal tech by building intelligent, scalable solutions that empower professionals and transform workflows. In your role you’ll be part of high skilled technology organization and a fast growing product organization. An ambitious and thrilling place to be as you’ll be essential to both strategic alignment and local execution. You’ll be working at the vibrant Merantix AI Campus in Berlin, surrounded by a community of AI innovators. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a bias toward action.

What you’ll do:

• Design, implement, and maintain product features across the stack—from backend APIs to frontend interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with product and design teams to deliver intuitive, high-performing user experiences.
• Ensure code quality, security, and scalability through best practices and thoughtful architecture.
• Contribute to technical decision-making and help shape the engineering culture.
• Explore and integrate AI tools and agents to enhance developer productivity and product capabilities.

What you’ll bring:

• Education Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science or Software Engineering or similar disciplines.
• Experience Minimum 8 years of relevant experience working within product software engineering.
• Strong experience with Python, particularly FastAPI and asynchronous programming.
• Solid proficiency in TypeScript; experience with Svelte is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices and security principles.
• Experience using AI coding agents like Cursor or Claude Code.

Bonus:

• You’ve built or contributed to LLM-powered products.

Skills:

• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership and urgency.
• A pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• It’s more important to you to solve the problem than to use new/hyped technology.
• Accountability and commitment to high-quality outcomes.
• Excellent communication in English; German is a plus.

Working together

This is a hybrid role, where you will spend at least eight days a month at our office, where you'll enjoy the benefits of connecting and collaborating with your colleagues in person.

What we offer

• Permanent employment from day one.
• Remote work & flexibility: Work remotely up to 3 days per week (home office) (= 8 days a month in the office) with flexible working hours.
• Work abroad flexibly: Work from anywhere within the EU for up to 20 days within a twelve-month period.
• Rest & time off: 26 vacation days.
• Show your commitment: 1 additional day off per year for your volunteer work (Volunteer Day).
• Support for development: E-learning via LinkedIn, online language training with goFluent, and other training and development opportunities.

Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process. Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world. You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide.

As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. We know that bringing our best to our customers, communities, and other key stakeholders requires a highly engaged and talented workforce – one that represents the diversity of those we serve and the communities where we live and work. We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion. This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.

At Wolters Kluwer, you’ll feel valued for your contributions, and you’ll know that your health, safety, and well-being are important to us. Our well-being benefits provide tools, programs, and resources to help our diverse employees feel healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous. Our global Together we thrive well-being program reflects our commitment to supporting colleagues across physical, mental, social, and financial well-being. That commitment has been recognized externally through Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization in 2024. More recently, Wolters Kluwer was recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Large Employers 2026 and America’s Best Employers for Engineers 2026. In 2025, Wolters Kluwer was also recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Women.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and we do not tolerate discrimination on any of these bases.

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