2026 Startup Lab Associate – Software Engineering

Posted 8 Hours Ago
Schaumburg, IL
In-Office
Entry level
Cloud • Legal Tech • Software
Fulcrum GT is reimagining the end-to-end digital business framework of the global professional services market.
The Role
As a Startup Lab Associate, you'll develop a product with a team, utilizing agile practices and programming skills, aimed at launching a functional MVP.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
The mission this summer is to build an innovative product from the ground up. You will work with a small, cross-functional team over 3 months to discover, develop and validate a business case through design research and competitive analysis. Get out of the building and engage your customers. Uncover their pains, gains, and jobs-to-be-done, and rapidly prototype solutions. Use real insights to drive your technical architecture, assess feasibility and build a scalable solution for a validated problem. Continuously improve your value proposition, business model, and go-to-market strategy, and prepare to launch a functional MVP before the end of the summer.
You are the technical know-how on your startup team. Help them make architectural decisions and take the idea from the first commit to the final MVP. Over the summer you will:
  • Embrace core concepts and design patterns used in agile software engineering.
  • Review code from peers to enforce best practices.
  • Communicate development status to stakeholders.
  • Learn and leverage relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes in your development efforts.
  • Develop the confidence to take new ideas from concept to reality.

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field from a top-tier university/college, or able to demonstrate significant, relevant professional experience.
  • Experience developing with major programming languages, frameworks, and tools
  • Experience with approaches and tools for automated testing ie. Playwright
  • Comfortable with ambiguity.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
  • Depth of skill in software engineering, with the patience and willingness to collaborate across other disciplines.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, biased towards action, comfortable with fast-paced. environment. Startup experience is a plus.
  • You must be fully available-onsite-from June 1 2025 through 28 August 2025.

COMPENSATION & PERKS
  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Opportunities for travel
  • Social and team-building events, like K1-Speed, rock-climbing, and more.
  • Fully stocked kitchen with assorted drinks & snacks
  • Professional development through mentors, training, and networking
  • Future opportunities-simplified pathway to employment

Top Skills

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Programming Languages

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The Company
HQ: Hoffman Estates, Illinois
501 Employees
Year Founded: 2003

What We Do

Fulcrum GT provides innovative end-to-end digital business solutions for the Legal and Professional Services markets. Our true cloud SaaS solutions incorporate over 20,000+ industry-specific features built on best practices and are deployed in the quickest time-to-value in the industry.

Our clients represent the most progressive and largest professional services firms around the globe. We connect the professional services ecosystem through a legal marketplace and digital business framework that commercializes and digitizes processes and the exchange of data, from intake and execution to analytics and final revenue collection.

At Fulcrum GT, we believe in empowering individuals to make a meaningful impact, regardless of their role, background, or work style. As trailblazers in legal innovation, we're dedicated to reshaping the legal landscape. Our collaborative, ambitious culture fosters growth and progress for every team member. We prioritize your well-being with comprehensive benefits, recognizing that work is more than just a job – it's an integral part of your life's journey.

Join Fulcrum GT, where your contributions matter, and together, we pioneer the future of legal services.

Why Work With Us

Our solutions challenge the status quo of legacy technology that is not future-ready. We invest heavily in best-in-class enterprise-grade R&D and methodologies that empower our employees to revolutionize our industry while meeting their full potential. Make your work meaningful – join us and be part of the future of professional services innovation

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