Legal Engineer

Gowling WLG; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Generous pension allowance

Life assurance

Health and wellbeing programmes

Sabbatical option

Maternity/paternity/adoption leave

Health & wellbeing programmes

Onsite restaurant

Training & development

Job summary

A leading legal firm in Birmingham is seeking a Legal Engineer to enhance the use of legal technology within the organization. The successful candidate will support lawyers and clients by providing guidance and implementing tech solutions through training and project involvement. This role is suited for proactive individuals with a strong interest in the intersection of law and technology. Enjoy excellent benefits like private medical insurance, generous annual leave, and a flexible hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Proactive self-starter with a genuine interest in legal technology.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective engagement.
• Experience in a legal or legal technology environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support lawyers and clients in using legal technology effectively.
• Deliver legal tech projects and support product pilots.
• Promote new tools through training and one-to-one support.
• Promote new tools through training, demos and one-to-one support across the firm.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Communication skills

IT literacy

Adaptability

Tools

MS Office

Legal technology

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Engineer to join our CoLab team here in Birmingham.

Job Description

Within this role you will support lawyers and clients in using legal technology effectively, providing responsive guidance and troubleshooting across a range of solutions. The role also involves delivering legal tech projects, supporting product pilots, and promoting new tools through training, demos and one‑to‑one support across the firm.

About you

We’re looking for a proactive self‑starter who is enthusiastic, quick to learn and keen to bring ideas to the team. You’ll have a genuine interest in the business of a law firm, and the role technology plays within it, alongside strong written and verbal communication skills and the confidence to engage with a range of audiences.

You’ll be highly collaborative and adaptable, comfortable working with stakeholders across different teams and locations, and able to balance multiple priorities with a logical, detail‑focused approach. Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills are essential, as is good IT literacy, including MS Office and an interest in developing your knowledge of legal technology. Experience in a legal or legal technology environment would be beneficial but is not essential.

What We Can Offer You

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week’s extra annual leave.
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members.
• A generous pension allowance.
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary.
• The chance of a three‑month sabbatical every five years.
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes.
• State of the art offices, with an onsite restaurant.
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Equal Opportunities

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re‑assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment. At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.