Staff Engineer. AI Legal Tech Firm. Typescript / React / AWS. £80,000 +Amazing benefits.

CommuniTech Recruitment Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment agency is seeking a Staff Engineer to join an AI Legal Tech Firm in Edinburgh. In this hybrid role, you'll be responsible for owning large features and projects, collaborating with Product and Design to ensure user-focused solutions. You will also mentor engineers and drive the adoption of modern engineering practices, leveraging AI for enhanced productivity. This position offers a salary of £80,000 plus amazing benefits.

Benefits

Amazing benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Typescript, React, and AWS.
• Ability to lead project delivery with minimal oversight.
• Experience in mentoring and coaching engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver large features or projects.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align project delivery.
• Lead technical design to ensure solutions are scalable and reliable.

Skills

Typescript

React

AWS

CI/CD

observability

test automation

AI

Job description

Job Description

Staff Engineer. AI Legal Tech Firm. Typescript / React / AWS. £80,000 +Amazing benefits. 3 Days a week Hybrid.

Description

As a Staff Engineer at my award winning client,, you’ll lead the delivery of large-scale features and projects within your squad while beginning to influence cross-squad engineering practices. You’ll serve as a trusted technical expert, partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and user focused. You’ll raise technical standards, coach engineers, and balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability and reliability.

What you'll be doing

• Own and deliver large features or projects from design through completion with minimal oversight.
• Partner with Product and Design to align project delivery with business and user needs.
• Lead technical design, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Contribute to the wider engineering strategy by influencing best practices across squads.
• Mentor senior developers, providing technical guidance and feedback.
• Drive adoption of modern practices (CI / CD, observability, test automation).
• Leverage AI to improve quality, delivery speed, and developer productivity across the SDLC.

What success looks like

You consistently deliver large...