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

Wolters Kluwer; Berlin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work up to 3 days/week

30 vacation days starting 2027

Budget for IT equipment €300

Office in Berlin

Job summary

WoltersKluwer is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Berlin for its Legal & Regulatory division. You will work on an AI-powered platform for legal professionals, contributing to backend and frontend features, and shaping product direction.

You’ll join a hybrid team at the Merantix AI Campus, with ownership of critical features and a focus on secure, scalable delivery in a fast-growing product organization.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science or Software Engineering or similar disciplines.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in product software engineering.
• Strong experience with Python, FastAPI, and asynchronous programming.
• Proficient in TypeScript; Svelte experience a strong plus.
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices and security principles.
• Experience using AI coding agents like Cursor or Claude Code.
• Bonus: built or contributed to LLM-powered products.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ownership and urgency.
• Clear, effective communication in English (German a plus).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain product features across the stack—from backend APIs to frontend interfaces.
• Collaborate 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 engineering culture.
• Explore and integrate AI tools to enhance developer productivity and product capabilities.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

TypeScript

Svelte

AI agents

Security best practices

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

As a Senior 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 Full Stack 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 5 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: 30 vacation days starting from 2027 (26 days for 2026).
• 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.
• Mobility on the go: JobRad leasing for the bicycle or e‑bike of your choice.
• Company pension scheme.
• Well equipped for working from home: €300 budget for IT equipment.
• Modern on‑site working: Attractive office in Berlin.
• A great start: structured onboarding with a buddy program.

Our 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.

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us. Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. 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.

We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud‑based, AI‑powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems. Our solutions are designed to deliver impact when it matters most, especially in high‑stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential. With a nearly 190‑year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services to meet the changing needs of professionals worldwide, enabling them to work faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver better outcomes. For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

In 2025, Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide. Our customers work in industries that impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the AI‑powered solutions they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity.

Today, nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI‑powered solutions, reflecting our strategic focus on embedding AI into professional workflows and delivering measurable productivity gains. We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud‑based, AI‑powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems.

We are committed to providing 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.

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