Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Join the Legal Tech Revolution  you ready to shape the future of how law is practiced? At Litera, we’re on a mission to Raise The Bar™️ for the legal profession by delivering transformational and globally‑trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. We’ve been a leader in legal tech innovation for 30 years and are leading the legal AI revolution to this day with most of the world’s largest law firms as our clients.

If you’re passionate about building AI‑forward solutions that scale globally and want your work to impact millions of legal professionals worldwide, this is your opportunity to be part of an extraordinary team that’s elevating the craft of law.

As part of our strategic growth and commitment to fostering collaboration and operational excellence, we are transitioning to a hybrid working model. This position is based in the UK and candidates should reside within a reasonable commuting distance, as this role requires on‑site presence at least three days per week. This hybrid approach enables us to build a collaborative and innovative work environment while maintaining the flexibility that supports both productivity and work‑life balance.

We are actively seeking talented individuals to join our team in this exciting new phase of growth.

Office

Location:

UK

As a Senior Software Engineer at Litera, you will be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about driving innovation in the legal technology space. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge tools and collaborate with industry experts to deliver solutions that make a real difference in the legal profession.

Part of a flagship Litera product team, you will participate in the full SDLC from preliminary system analysis to testing and deployment. This role includes building high quality and fully performing software that meets quality and software development standards alongside a great team.

• Active contributor to the codebase
• Refactor existing software
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define, design and ship new features
• Unit‑test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability
• Ability to work independently without instructions on most tasks
• Strong team player who is open to give and receive feedback
• A passion for technology and thrives in a dynamic environment with a focus on creative innovation over absolute completion
• Work in an Agile software development environment (e.g. Scrum, Kanban), participating in commitment, retrospective and planning meetings
• Attendance during regular work hours and overtime as required
• Participate in requirements reviews
• Apply generally accepted development and quality assurance standards and techniques to assure efficient program logic and data manipulation
• Able to contribute to design and decision making in all areas
• Use agentic tools effectively

• Within 1 month:
  Complete Litera onboarding, familiarise with team processes and best practices, learn our AI tools and AI‑first approach to development, become a working member of a product team
• Within 3 months:
  Become proficient with the existing product, codebase and technologies (including agentic tools), understand strengths and weaknesses of the current product architecture and be able to participate in a discussion on next steps
• Within 6 months:
  Gain expert knowledge of some areas of the codebase and underlying technologies, share your knowledge as needed and contribute to the overall development of the team and product

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar discipline
• 4+ years of experience using a modern object‑oriented language (C# strongly preferred)
• 2+ years experience with SQL, EF, LINQ
• Experience with frontend web frameworks (e.g. React, Angular, Durandal, Knockout)
• Experience in crafting robust scalable APIs
• Experience in SaaS software development
• Experience with Cloud technologies (Azure preferred)
• Experience modernising complex SaaS products
• Experience with AI tooling and/or Agentic development
• Some experience with Lucene, Open Search,…