Legal Engineer (Residential Conveyancing)

Story Terrace Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

Group Life Assurance

Flexible working schedule

Employee Assistance Programme

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

amicable is developing amicable Legal and seeks an experienced Legal Engineer (Residential Conveyancing) to run files and help design the new conveyancing service. You will work alongside the family team and directly with separating couples to ensure smooth transfers.

The role focuses on creating efficient processes, integrating technology, and safeguarding best practices while handling both freehold and leasehold transfers with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years' PQE in residential conveyancing.
• Experience handling files with minimal supervision.
• Strong technical skills in England & Wales conveyancing.
• Comfortable using and evaluating case management systems and automation.
• Willingness to design and improve conveyancing processes.

Responsibilities

• Handle freehold and leasehold transfer of equity cases with minimal supervision.
• Lead conveyancing service in coordination with family team and clients.
• Help design processes, technology, and safeguards for the new service.
• Build the service from scratch with freedom to shape tools and processes.
• Support clients with clarity and care throughout the transfer process.

Skills

PQE 8+ years

Residential conveyancing

Technology aptitude

Autonomy in files

AI awareness

Tools

Case management system

Job description

About us

amicable has helped tens of thousands of people separate in a kinder,fairerand more affordable way - working with couples rather than taking sides.We'renow buildingamicable Legal, a newtech-forwardlaw firm that will offer regulated legal advice and representationin an innovative wayto people for whom the amicable negotiation services are, for whatever reason, not suited.

We are proud to be part of the Octopus Group.

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Conveyancing Solicitor, licenced conveyancer or appropriately qualified CILEX to join us at the beginning and help build amicable Legal.

As well as running files, you'll be helping us work out how the firm should operate, what we automate, what we don't, which processes are genuinely useful and which bits of transferring property after divorce or separation we can do better.

The conveyancing work will be focussed on transfers between couples when they divorce or separate. It sits naturally alongside our family work and helps people move on to the next chapter.

You'llbe key in helping us design how this service runs - the process, thetechnologyand the safeguards behind it.You'llhandle freehold and leasehold transfer of equity cases with minimal supervision, working closely with our family team and, often, with both people in a separating couple.

This is a chance to build a conveyancing service from scratch, do it properly, and do it in a kinder way - with the backing of an established group behind you.You'llbe instrumental in designingthe process and the tools, rather thanfitting intosomeone else's.

Hybrid working from our London office.

Key responsibilities

As aLegal Engineer (Residential Conveyancing), you will:

• Handle freehold and leasehold transfer of equity cases with minimal supervision
• Lead our conveyancing service, working closely with the family team and often with both people in a separating couple
• Help design the process,technologyand safeguards behind a new conveyancing service
• Build the service from scratch, with the freedom to shape the tools and process rather than inherit someone else's
• Support people to move on to their next chapter, with care and clarity at every step

About you

• At least 8 years' PQEin residential conveyancing.Experience of working with peoplefollowing divorceor separation is essential. You need to be comfortable running your own files.
• Excellenttechnical skillsand strong knowledge of residential conveyancing in England and Wales, including the ability to handle freehold and leasehold transfer of equity cases with minimalsupervision.
• You run your own files with minimalsupervision,you'llbe dealing directly withclients.We'rea small team, so you need to be equally comfortable getting on with things yourself and working closely with others.
• Good understanding of technology,ideally,you'rethe person in your current firm whoactually works out the case management system or writes the automation everyone else then uses.You'recomfortable using AI, but sceptical enough to know whenit'sproducing plausible nonsense.
• A real appetite for running cases differently,you'llbe testing and shaping ourtechnologyand we expect you to have opinions about it.You'llspot ways to improve how we run files and, sometimes,you'lljust go and implement them. If you fundamentally believe the wayyou'vealways run aproperty transferis the way it should always be done, thisprobably isn'tthe job for you.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and a changing job,not every process or system will be in place when you arrive.Oftenyou'llbe the person creating it. One dayyou'llbe deep in a transfer; the next you might be testing a tool, rewriting atemplateor sitting with the product team.

Compensation, perks & benefits

• Salary: Full time: £50,000 - £70,000 perannum depending on skills, experience,qualificationsand location
• Private Health Insurance
• Group Life Assurance
• Flexible working schedule - you will have to be available for team meetingseach week and to liaise with internal colleaguesand service customersduring core working hours, otherwiseit's a flexible schedule. We trust you to get the work done.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays per annum
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

A note on timing: amicable Legal's application to the Solicitors Regulation Authority has beensubmittedand is pending acceptance. The firmisn'tyet authorised, so this role is offered subject to that authorisation being granted.We'rerecruiting now sowe'reready to go as soon as we can.

We respect and value people’s differences and believe that our teams are at their bestwhen their members feel safe to bring their whole self to work. We are committed to creating an inclusive experience as well as equal opportunities for growth and development for all.