Software Engineer – Frontend

LawVu; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly wellness allowance

Health insurance

Extended paid parental leave

Extra paid day off on your birthday

Share options

Home office allowance

Job summary

LawVu in New Zealand is seeking a frontend software engineer to help build AI-powered experiences in our Workspace Intelligence team. You will focus on TypeScript (Angular) and scalable UI components for LawVu customers worldwide.

You'll collaborate with product, design, QA and backend engineers to deliver high-quality, maintainable code, with emphasis on performance, UX, and reliable frontend patterns.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience using TypeScript (Angular).
• Solid understanding of RxJS, observables, asynchronous data flows, and reactive programming.
• Experience with modern Angular patterns such as standalone components, signals, dependency injection, and reactive forms.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, strongly typed TypeScript.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve AI-powered user experiences using TypeScript.
• Develop reusable, maintainable standalone components and frontend patterns.
• Work extensively with RxJS, signals, asynchronous workflows, and application state.
• Integrate frontend features with REST APIs and backend services.
• Build intuitive experiences for complex legal and business workflows.
• Contribute to LawVu’s shared component library and design system.
• Write and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.

Skills

TypeScript (Angular)

RxJS

Angular patterns

REST APIs

Frontend engineering

Job description

LawVuis the AI-native operating system for in-house legal - the foundational layer that powers the entire legal function. Our intelligent platform connects legal intake, matters, contracts, spend, and reporting in one connected workspace, enabling legal teams to work smarter, move faster, and deliver measurable business value.

Trusted by leading organizations including Discord, Employment Hero, Etsy, and many more,LawVuis helping legal teams transform from reactive service providers into strategic business partners.

Founded in New Zealand,LawVuis a fast-growing global software company with customers and employees across North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Backed by leading venture capital firms, including Insight Partners and AirtreeVentures,we'recreating a new category ofLegalOSsoftware purpose-built for modern in-house legal teams.

This is a front-end-focused Software Engineer role within our Workspace Intelligence team. You will help build AI-powered experiences that make complex legal workflows simpler, faster, and more intuitive for LawVu customers around the world.

You will work primarily with TypeScript (Angular), building scalable user interfaces, reusable components, and reliable application flows. You will work closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, QA professionals, backend engineers, and data specialists to turn customer and business needs into high-quality product experiences.

Our frontend application includes complex enterprise workflows, asynchronous data flows, REST API integrations, shared UI components, design-system patterns, and AI-powered interactions. You will contribute across the full software development lifecycle, including technical design, implementation, automated testing, troubleshooting, documentation, code review, and delivery.

This is more than a development role. It is an opportunity to deepen your frontend engineering expertise while gaining exposure to AI products, enterprise SaaS architecture, cloud-native systems, and globally used software. You will be supported by experienced Senior and Principal Engineers who are invested in your technical growth and engineering judgement.

Specifically, you will:

• Build and evolve AI-powered user experiences using TypeScript.
• Develop reusable, maintainable standalone components and frontend patterns.
• Work extensively with RxJS, signals, asynchronous workflows, and application state.
• Integrate frontend features with REST APIs and backend services.
• Build intuitive experiences for complex legal and business workflows.
• Contribute to LawVu’s shared component library and design system.
• Write and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Participate in technical design discussions and architectural decisions.
• Review code and contribute to front-end engineering standards.
• Troubleshoot issues across development, testing, and production environments.
• Use AI coding assistants and development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Work directly with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering stakeholders to refine solutions.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in the front-end architecture and developer experience.

What we need from you:

Frontend Engineering

• Strong commercial experience using TypeScript (Angular).
• Solid understanding of RxJS, observables, asynchronous data flows, and reactive programming.
• Experience with modern Angular patterns such as standalone components, signals, dependency injection, and reactive forms.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, strongly typed TypeScript.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with REST APIs.

Technical & Domain Expertise

• Full-Stack Development: Preference for 2-5 years of hands-on full-stack development experience, with core backend expertise in C# (.NET Framework / .NET Core) and REST API design.
• Cloud & DevOps: Experience with Azure PaaS / Web App services, GitHub, automated build systems, and CI/CD pipelines.

Delivery & Engineering Culture

• Quality & Delivery: Comfortable with automated testing frameworks, QA best practices, secure coding standards, and delivery within an Agile framework.
• AI Tooling: Hands-on experience integrating AI coding assistants and agents into your daily development workflow to accelerate delivery.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Comfortable at engaging directly with customers and cross-functional peers to refine requirements and iterate on solutions.
• Self-Starter: Take full ownership of projects, driving initiative with minimal supervision.
• Proactive: Anticipate technical and delivery risks early to resolve them before they impact momentum.
• Problem Solver: Approach complex technical challenges with creative, resilient, and analytical thinking.
• Customer-Centric: Keep end-user outcomes at the heart of every engineering decision.
• Design-First: Prioritize intuitive UX and seamless usability across every feature built.
• Value-Driven: Focus development efforts on features that deliver maximum ROI and customer impact.
• Innovation-Minded: Leverage AI tools and modern tech stacks to optimize workflows, accelerate delivery, and create standout user experiences.

What sets us apart:

• Monthly wellness allowance to use on whatever enables you to bring your whole self to work – gym membership, massage,childcare… the list goes on!
• Healthinsurance
• Extended paid parental leave
• Extra paid day off on your birthday
• Share options so you can have a piece of the pie
• Home office allowance set up for remote employees

Why LawVu?

At LawVu we support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. We offer the opportunity to get onboard a growth company early and the opportunity to participate in LawVu’s success through our incentive scheme. LawVu has rapidly expanding offices and our work environment encourages continuous improvement and future career development.

Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables us to better understand and serve customers and innovate successfully. From the moment you join, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.

Our core values are:

• Inspire and Delight: We go the extra mile to create experiences that inspire and delight our customers.
• Move Swiftly: We get things done quickly and efficiently.
• Dig Deeper: No challenge is too big. We embrace challenges, learn from mistakes, and share knowledge.
• Take Ownership: We take responsibility for our actions and their impact on the business.
• Back Yourself. Back Others: We support and respect each other, buildinga high levelof trust.
• Bring Your Woo: We create a safe environment that fosters bringing your whole self to work.

We are constantly working towards making LawVu one of the best places to work, for everyone. LawVu is committed to providing equality of opportunity, valuing diversity and promoting a culture of inclusion. We will ensure this by fostering a workplace where people feel safe to be themselves, are able to do the best work of their lives and fulfil their potential. We believe by bringing together our diversity of thoughts and backgrounds, we will develop a world class product for the equally diverse customers we serve.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. If you would like to apply and need reasonable adjustments or would like to note which pronouns you use at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.