About LEAP Dev
LEAP Dev is the “Software House” powering LEAP Legal Software, the leading provider of Legal Practice Productivity Solutions in the world. We’re part of ATI Global – one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement has kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market leading software we develop and support is used by more than 100,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium sized law firms.
Working alongside our team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.
Meet the Development Team
At the core of LEAP’s success is our market leading software, and our Development Team are the architects, coders and creators keeping our legal software at the cutting edge of what’s possible.
Working alongside a dynamic and passionate team of law and technology experts alike, you’ll harness your technical aptitude and curiosity to understand our clients’ needs and translate them into innovative software solutions.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the frontier of the technology space and make a powerful impact streamlining our customers ways of working and giving them space to do more for their clients. A place where your unique perspective and a little human touch will do wonders, not just for lawyers who help people, but in shaping the future of legal technology.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Product team. Working with us on multiple projects varying from backend services to web applications, you will be someone who can adapt to various technologies and be able to research and come up with solutions independently in an agile environment. You will be confident in proposing new technologies and frameworks to build the next generation of our products.
What you’ll do
• Design, develop, and maintain software solutions with a strong focus on backend development using C# and .NET (approximately 70%) , complemented by frontend development using React (approximately 30%) .
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs, backend services, integrations, and event-driven solutions.
• Develop and maintain modern, responsive frontend applications and components using React.
• Apply software engineering best practices and industry standards, including agile methodologies, automated testing, code reviews, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and design and implement scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of development practices, architecture, tooling, and engineering standards.
What you’ll bring
• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience .
• Strong commercial experience developing backend applications and services using C# and .NET .
• 3+ years of experience with React or similar modern frontend frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and software development principles.
• Demonstrated experience with:
• Design and implementation of RESTful APIs with .NET, preferably .NET 10.
• Design of relational database schemas and data models, preferably with AWS RDS or Amazon Aurora MySQL
• Event-driven solutions, preferably using Amazon SQS, S3 and other AWS Lambda services
• AI-assisted development and tooling, including MCP servers, structured prompting, and the development of AI tools and skills
• Integration with workspace APIs, preferably Microsoft Graph and Google Gmail APIs
• Server-side document generation and modification using libraries or platforms such as Aspose or similar.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles and integration patterns.
• Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in an open and positive
Experience in any of the following would be highly regarded:
• Integration with Microsoft Graph API , including Microsoft 365 services such as Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, and related APIs.
• Integration with Google APIs , particularly Google Workspace services such as Gmail, Calendar, and Drive.
• macOS application development, including experience building, integrating, or supporting applications and services on Mac. .
• Experience developing integrations across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace ecosystems.