About the job
About LEAP
LEAP is the foremost provider of innovative Legal Practice Management Solutions globally and is a proud part of ATI, one of the largest international LegalTech corporations. For over three decades, our dedication to curiosity and constant enhancement has driven us to redefine productivity tools for legal professionals and their teams, in alignment with our mission to 'Help lawyers who help people'. Our industry-leading software is utilized by more than 71,000 legal practitioners and their teams in small to medium-sized law firms.
Joining our vibrant international team of high achievers means becoming part of a rapidly expanding tech company where change is the norm. With over 1000 intelligent, compassionate, and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’, you will find yourself in excellent company across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland, and New Zealand.
Introducing the Criminal Law Team
The Criminal Law team is a dedicated division within LEAP, specializing in developing software for criminal lawyers. Our cross-functional team comprises legal experts, software engineers, designers, and client-focused professionals, collaborating closely to deliver practical products used daily by criminal law firms. Our work is guided by in-house Australian criminal lawyers and informed by a robust client feedback mechanism, ensuring our solutions are shaped by genuine legal practice and continue to evolve in sync with how lawyers operate.
Your Role
As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will collaborate with various stakeholders, including product owners and client operations, to transform innovative ideas and concepts into functional web applications for LEAP Legal Software. With the backing and resources of our broader Engineering organization (LEAP Dev), you will hold complete responsibility for the development and maintenance of these applications. Initially, your work will involve a balanced focus of 50% frontend and 50% backend development.
Your Responsibilities
- Investigate and implement emerging trends, standards, and best practices for frontend development;
- Design, develop, and manage backend APIs and services;
- Ensure scalability to accommodate large volumes of data and users;
- Implement secure customer authentication protocols;
- Identify opportunities to enhance our software development, deployment, and delivery processes;
- Revise, update, refactor, and troubleshoot code as necessary;
- Test and deploy applications and systems;
- Utilize Git version control to manage the codebase.

