Senior Legal Engineer

Dentons; Polska; Híbrido; PLN 180 000 - 240 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Private medical healthcare provided by

Medicover

MultiSport card

Benefit Cafeteria system

Private insurance plan option

Birthday day off

Tailored learning & development

Hybrid work model with a Warsaw office

Resumo da oferta

Dentons is seeking a Senior Legal Engineer to design and implement legal technology solutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. You will drive automation, workflow optimisation, and innovative tools for lawyers and clients.

You will lead projects from concept to deployment, collaborating with practice groups, partners, and technology teams while mentoring Legal Engineers and expanding the firm’s legal tech capabilities.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Computer Science, Engineering, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Advanced degree or certifications in legal tech, innovation, or technology (preferred).
• 4+ years of experience in legal technology, legal engineering, legal operations, software development, or a related field in delivering legal tech solutions from concept to deployment.
• Hands‑on experience with workflow automation, document automation, or legal applications.
• Experience mentoring junior team members or working in client‑facing/consulting roles is a plus.
• Strong understanding of legal workflows and service delivery. Ability to assess technical feasibility while keeping user experience and business value in focus.
• Experience with legal technology platforms (e.g., document automation, workflow tools, legal AI).
• Familiarity with process mapping, software development lifecycle, and testing practices.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Lead change management efforts to ensure new tools and workflows are embedded successfully across teams.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders. Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and influence stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with partners and senior stakeholders to identify opportunities and drive adoption of legal technology solutions.
• Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working in dynamic environments.
• Mentorship mindset with a collaborative, client‑focused approach.
• Private medical healthcare provided by Medicover
• MultiSport card
• Benefit Cafeteria system
• Option to join a private insurance plan
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Tailored learning & development opportunities
• Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end delivery of legal engineering projects (automation, document assembly, data extraction, custom applications).
• Analyse legal workflows with practice groups and design technology solutions to optimise processes.
• Build and configure solutions using automation and low-code/no-code platforms.
• Prepare technical specifications, implementation plans, and documentation.
• Test, troubleshoot, and maintain deployed solutions.
• Work closely with partners, lawyers, Technology, and Business Development teams to deliver solutions.
• Act as the main point of contact for vendors, managing implementations and training.
• Present solution designs, run user testing, and support adoption across teams.
• Contribute to the legal technology roadmap and evaluate new tools.
• Support business cases, ROI analysis, and proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to scale successful solutions across practice areas.
• Mentor and guide Legal Engineers and Junior Legal Engineers.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team.
• Maintain documentation, monitor solution performance, and implement improvements.
• Stay up to date with legal tech developments and share insights with the team.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Dentons Business Services EMEAis the operational backbone of Dentons, supporting the world’s largest law firm in delivering exceptional service to clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As a crucial component of Dentons’ global network, our EMEA business services team plays a key role in driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration.

At Dentons Business Services EMEA, we are committed to excellence in supporting legal professionals with cutting‑edge solutions. Our dynamic and diverse team collaborates seamlessly to provide a wide range of services, including finance, IT, human resources, marketing, and more. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.

Job Purpose

The Senior Legal Engineer plays a key role within the Legal Tech Enablement team, designing and implementing legal technology solutions that improve service delivery across Dentons Europe. The role combines technical expertise with legal process knowledge to deliver automation, workflow optimisation, and innovative tools for lawyers and clients. This is an opportunity to play a visible role in shaping how legal services are delivered across a leading international law firm. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of law, technology, and innovation, leading meaningful change, delivering practical solutions, and helping scale legal tech capability across multiple jurisdictions.

Senior Legal Engineers lead legal engineering projects from concept to deployment, collaborate closely with practice groups to understand requirements, and mentor Legal Engineers and Junior Legal Engineers. They act as subject matter experts and contribute to the strategic direction of legal technology initiatives.

Responsibilities include developing automation solutions, implementing legal technology platforms, improving legal workflows, building custom applications and integrations, and managing relationships with selected technology vendors. The role also involves stakeholder engagement, solution design, user training, and ensuring the quality and scalability of deployed systems.

Some positions may also involve specialised responsibilities in eDiscovery and litigation support.

This role offers opportunities to develop leadership capabilities, deepen expertise in legal technologies, and contribute to the firm’s innovation strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of legal engineering projects (automation, document assembly, data extraction, custom applications).

• Analyse legal workflows with practice groups and design technology solutions to optimise processes.

• Build and configure solutions using automation and low-code/no-code platforms.

• Prepare technical specifications, implementation plans, and documentation.

• Test, troubleshoot, and maintain deployed solutions.

• Work closely with partners, lawyers, Technology, and Business Development teams to deliver solutions.

• Act as the main point of contact for vendors, managing implementations and training.

• Present solution designs, run user testing, and support adoption across teams.

• Contribute to the legal technology roadmap and evaluate new tools.

• Support business cases, ROI analysis, and proof-of-concept initiatives.

• Identify opportunities to scale successful solutions across practice areas.

• Mentor and guide Legal Engineers and Junior Legal Engineers.

• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team.

• Maintain documentation, monitor solution performance, and implement improvements.

• Stay up to date with legal tech developments and share insights with the team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Computer Science, Engineering, Social Sciences, or a related field.

• Advanced degree or certifications in legal tech, innovation, or technology (preferred).

• 4+ years of experience in legal technology, legal engineering, legal operations, software development, or a related field in delivering legal tech solutions from concept to deployment.

• Hands‑on experience with workflow automation, document automation, or legal applications.

• Experience mentoring junior team members or working in client‑facing/consulting roles is a plus.

• Strong understanding of legal workflows and service delivery. Ability to assess technical feasibility while keeping user experience and business value in focus.

• Experience with legal technology platforms (e.g., document automation, workflow tools, legal AI).

• Familiarity with process mapping, software development lifecycle, and testing practices.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.

• Lead change management efforts to ensure new tools and workflows are embedded successfully across teamsExcellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders. Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and influence stakeholders. Build trusted relationships with partners and senior stakeholders to identify opportunities and drive adoption of legal technology solutions.

• Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working in dynamic environments.

• Mentorship mindset with a collaborative, client‑focused approach.

• Private medical healthcare provided by Medicover

• MultiSport card

• Benefit Cafeteria system

• Option to join a private insurance plan

• An additional day off for your birthday

• Tailored learning & development opportunities

• Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center