Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning

LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Management Solutions in the world and is part of ATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement has kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market‑leading software we develop, and support is used by more than 71,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium‑size law firms.

Working alongside our international team of passionate high‑achievers, you’ll join a fast‑growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.

What you'll do

As a Software Engineer on the Matter Issues 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.

- 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

Work like a start‑up, backed by an enterprise

- Own features end‑to‑end — from idea to release
- Collaborate closely with the Matter Issues team in a low‑bureaucracy environment
- Contribute to a product with real user impact from day one

What you'll bring

- 3–6 years of professional experience as a full‑stack engineer
- Robust understanding of APIs, backend development, and databases
- Clear and thoughtful communication skills

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