Staff Software Engineer - Platform Team

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Stockholm, SWE
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Legal Tech • Software
Collaborative AI for exceptional lawyers
The Role
As a Staff Software Engineer at Legora, you will architect and deliver innovative software solutions, mentor engineers, and lead the development process to enhance legal tech systems.
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About Us

Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.
Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.
2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.
We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.
Joining Legora means three things.

  • We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.

  • We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.

  • We grow together: as a team and with our customers.

Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.

If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.

About the Role

Legora AB is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to play a lead role in shipping high-impact features and building scalable systems. In this senior position, you’ll own delivery of technical solutions from design through production, driving innovation while collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, and other teams.

What You’ll Do
  • Architect, design, and ship new features with a focus on speed, quality, and reliability

  • Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business needs and product ideas into robust technical solutions

  • Lead engineers through the full software development lifecycle—from ideation and scoping to development, release, and ongoing optimization

  • Work with technologies such as React, Node.js, AWS, Azure and Kubernetes

  • Champion automation and process improvements that accelerate feature delivery and maintain technical excellence

  • Ensure code quality, documentation, and compliance standards are met as features move from prototype to release

  • Mentor engineers and foster a collaborative, high-trust environment that values rapid delivery

Who You Are
  • Extensive experience in software engineering, with a history of shipping impactful features in complex systems

  • Deep understanding of system design, software architecture, and modern development practices

  • Effective technical leader and mentor who prioritizes feature delivery without sacrificing quality

  • Exceptional collaborator and communicator, comfortable working across disciplines and with stakeholders at all levels

  • Advocate for continuous delivery, automation, and process efficiency

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Skills Required

  • Extensive experience in software engineering
  • History of shipping impactful features in complex systems
  • Deep understanding of system design and software architecture
  • Effective technical leader and mentor
  • Advocate for continuous delivery and automation

Legora Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is broad, with multiple medical plan options (Aetna/Kaiser), dental and vision, mental-health benefits, One Medical access, and life plus short/long-term disability.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits include generous parental leave, Maven Clinic access, a Dependent Care FSA, and One Medical for employees and dependents; some locations also note an onsite Mother’s Room.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards, with a generous stock‑option program and company equity listed in multiple postings and workplace profiles.

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The Company
HQ: New York, New York
1,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

Legora is the agentic operating system for legal work, supporting lawyers in research, review, and drafting across complex matters. It is used by more than 130,000 legal professionals at more than 2,000 leading law firms and in-house legal teams across over 80 markets.

Why Work With Us

The people who thrive here are serious about their craft and generous with it. They are curious, candid and willing to get involved. They do not wait for perfect conditions before taking responsibility, and they care about making the team stronger as they go.

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