Senior Software Engineer

LawVu is a fast-growing New Zealand software company with a global footprint. Our legal workspace is the go-to platform for in-house legal teams, and we’re backed by top venture capital firms like Insight Partners and Airtree Ventures. We’re all about transforming the legal world, one line of code at a time.

In this role, you’ll help accelerate legal processes, drive creativity, and bring fresh, solutions to an industry ready for change. This is a chance to work on the cutting edge of legal tech, making a real impact on the future of legal ops and with an awesome team of humans!

Reports to:  Director of Engineering. 

Location: New Zealand 

What You’ll Do:

• Be awesome

• Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to drive innovation and development of product features

• Own the full development lifecycle for AI-powered/platform features, from POC to production and ongoing maintenance

• Contribute to the architecture design, balancing scalability with cost considerations

• Develop the rich first party integration ecosystem and developer platform.

• Maintain our strong security standards and AI governance policies in a multi-tenant environment to ensure data integrity and compliance.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers

• Stay up to date with the latest developments in software engineering and AI

What You’ll Need:

• Product Engineer Mindset:

• Self-Starter: Take initiative and drive projects forward with minimal supervision.

• Proactive: Anticipate challenges and address them before they become problems.

• Problem Solver: Tackle complex issues with creativity and determination.

• Resilient: Bounce back from setbacks and keep pushing forward.

• Customer-Centric: Always keep the end-user in mind and strive to meet their needs.

• Design-First: Prioritise design and usability in every feature you develop.

• Value-Driven: Focus on delivering features that provide real value to our users.

• Innovation: Leverage AI and cutting-edge technologies to continually enhance our products, streamline processes, and deliver exceptional user experiences.

Skills to Pay the Bills: 

• Fullstack Software Engineering Expertise:

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack software development.
• Strong proficiency in C# .NET Framework / .NET Core, Angular, and REST API design and development.

• Experience building reliable solutions consuming 3rd party APIs.

• Solid understanding of Azure PaaS and Azure Web App services.

• Experience with Git and Azure DevOps.

• QA familiarity and contribution.

• Comfortable working in an Agile environment

• Comfortable with customer engagement.

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!
• Health insurance cover 
• 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 team is only as strong as the culture it is built upon. Our core values are:

Inspire and Delight

We take pride in what we do and go the extra mile to create experiences that inspire and delight our customers.

Move Swiftly

We do what we say we will do, moving fast to get the right things done to make an impact.

Dig Deeper

No challenge is too big. With courage we embrace the challenge, learn from our mistakes and share the knowledge

Take Ownership

With every decision and behaviour, however big or small, we take ownership of it's impact on our business.

Back yourself. Back others

We strive to be supportive, honest people who respect each other and build a high level of trust to perform as a winning team.

Bring your Woo

Woo is what energises us, brings us joy and makes us unique.  We seek to create a safe environment that fosters bringing your whole self so you can thrive.

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.