About LEAP Risk
LEAP Risk is a member of the LEAP group of companies - the leading provider of Legal Practice Management Solutions in the world. Over a 30-year period we've expanded across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand and support more than 70,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium sized law firms. We owe our success to our curiosity and commitment to our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’.
Law is largely about managing risks, such as:
- If I buy this house what could cause significant financial loss?
- If I go to court in a family law matter what could go wrong where I get less time with my kids or I get a worse financial outcome? What factors look bad for my case and what could I do to mitigate those negative factors.
Understanding those risks takes a lot of experience and careful diligence. Mistakes do get made. Mitigating the risks is a lot of effort and is very labour intensive.
AI is transforming the legal industry and LEAP is at the forefront of this change. LEAP Risk is building the world’s first AI-powered, risk-aware legal assistant.
We will be utilising our in-house expertise and the power of AI, to help lawyers assess and mitigate risks for their legal cases (Matters). Most legal work revolves around understanding and managing risk - but humans must currently detect, interpret, and explain those risks manually. LEAP Risk is changing that. Our platform identifies risks in legal matters, interprets them in context, and helps lawyers make better decisions for their clients.
As part of LEAP’s next-generation AI initiatives, LEAP Risk provides the risk intelligence that enables agentic AI systems to act with awareness, take initiative, and provide proactive assistance. Instead of passively responding, the AI can assess risk, flag concerns, and help lawyers navigate complexity more effectively.
We’ve spent over a year building the foundation, with real beta clients already using the system. Now we’re accelerating. The next phase is all about scale, stability, richer intelligence, and pushing the limits of what AI can safely and reliably do in legal practice.
What you'll do
This is your chance to help build a first-of-its-kind AI system that gives lawyers something they’ve never had before: an intelligent, risk-aware legal assistant that understands what can go wrong - before they even ask. As a Software Engineer on the LEAP Risk team, you’ll work across the full stack and the full product lifecycle - designing, building, and refining the systems that will power risk-aware AI inside law firms around the world.
If you’re excited about building practical, high-impact AI systems that support real professionals doing important work, this is the place for you!
To make this happen, you will:
- Build the next generation of legal intelligence
- Develop core features and APIs for our AI risk management platform.
- Model, structure, and deliver risk insights that feed into AI systems via MCP.
- Integrate with LEAP’s AI ecosystem, including the Free Thinking Paralegal and Matter AI.
- Design and deliver production-quality systems
- Build scalable, resilient backend services and polished frontend experiences.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction.
- Ensure high reliability, observability, and performance.
- Push the boundaries of applied AI
- Prototype and refine AI-driven features that leverage LLMs effectively.
- Work with the constraints and strengths of generative AI in real-world systems.
- Help enable proactive, risk-aware behaviour inside LEAP’s AI products.
- Work like a start-up, backed by an enterprise
- Own features end-to-end - from idea to release.
- Collaborate closely with the LEAP Risk team in a low-bureaucracy environment.
- Contribute to a product with real user impact from day one.
What you'll bring
You’re a curious, self-driven engineer who wants to build meaningful technology - not just ship tickets. You enjoy autonomy, take ownership, and want to grow in a small team where your work matters.
- 3–6 years of professional experience as a full-stack engineer.
- Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
- Strong understanding of APIs, backend development, and databases.
- Clear and thoughtful communication skills.
Even better if you have;
- Experience with AI/LLMs, automation workflows, or agent systems.
- Exposure to Legal Tech, SaaS products, or early-stage tech teams.
- Interest in LLM prompt engineering or applied AI reliability.
You are the type of person who is
- Curious and analytical - always asking better questions.
- Self-directed - comfortable owning features independently.
- Collaborative - you value good discussions and shared wins.
- Growth-oriented - eager to learn, experiment, and level up.
- User-minded - you care about solving real problems for real people.
LEAP Risk is an inclusive, people-first company committed to breaking down institutional barriers that keep people from reaching their potential. If you meet some, but not all the requirements above, we encourage you to still submit your application.
Why join LEAP Risk?
- Build a groundbreaking AI product with real-world impact.
- High autonomy, low bureaucracy, and the freedom to influence the stack.
- Your work matters. Helping lawyers help people sits at the heart of everything we do. We solve real world problems that improve and support local, everyday law firms. So they can do their best work for the people in the communities they serve.
- Make an impact. You won’t be another ‘cog in the wheel’ here. We give full trust and autonomy for you to be heard, to work on big & complex projects – and to make a real difference.
- Work with a group of authentic, passionate people who love what they do.
- Well-funded and global. LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Management Solutions across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. We're part of ATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies.
- Flexible and hybrid working. We'd like to find this person in Sydney, but we want you to work in a way that suits you and we're open to flexible arrangements that support you.
- Grow your career with us. Our founder Christian Beck has been building legal tech businesses for over 30 years. There are opportunities galore to expand your career based on where your interests lie. We're not afraid to pivot based on market conditions - you will always have the opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and do your best work here.
- Have fun with us. Celebrations. Socials. Sports teams. Access to sailing and yacht events.
- We value your well-being - enjoy an additional paid wellbeing day every year, free gym membership, corporate dental plan and weekly massages in the office.
- Work in a new, beautiful office space – with a catered lunch and breakfast every week, fully stocked kitchen and an on-site barista.
- Access to LEAP Home - a program unique to LEAP to support you in buying your primary residence.
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What We Do
LEAP practice management software has grown from the belief that it should be fast and easy for legal practitioners to manage matter documents, accounting and billing, so they can focus on practicing law.
Today, LEAP is the world’s largest provider of legal practice management software for small firms; with clients across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Firms have relied on LEAP since 1992 for innovative and powerful software to simplify their workflow. We take this responsibility seriously and dedicate millions of dollars each year to product development. It’s resulted in benefits such as a cloud-based and mobile interface. This allows teams to access their LEAP data anywhere, anytime.
In addition, over 13,000 automated forms and templates are regularly updated for all areas of law, and purpose-built for the United States’ federal and state jurisdictions.
We’re obsessive about evolving LEAP with feedback from clients, so the software is easy to use and allows small firms to get more work done. Our goal is to empower small firms to make more money.
After all, everything LEAP does is geared toward helping the attorneys who help people.
Let the LEAP team become an extension of your practice, so you can focus on what you do best. Spend more time advising on the law!
