Lead Software Engineer ( - Legal AI Assistant)

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll play a central role in developing our AI-powered legal platform and have high impact and ownership over key product features. You'll work end-to-end across the stack, contributing to both backend and frontend development in a lean, agile environment.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and maintain product features across the stack—from backend APIs to frontend interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with product and design teams to deliver intuitive, high-performing user experiences.
• Ensure code quality, security, and scalability through best practices and thoughtful architecture.
• Contribute to technical decision-making and help shape the engineering culture.
• Explore and integrate AI tools and agents to enhance developer productivity and product capabilities.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science or Software Engineering or similar disciplines.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience working within product software engineering.
• Strong experience with Python, particularly FastAPI and asynchronous programming.
• Solid proficiency in TypeScript; experience with Svelte is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices and security principles.
• Experience using AI coding agents like Cursor or Claude Code.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership and urgency.
• Excellent communication in English; German is a plus.

Nice to have

• You've built or contributed to LLM-powered products.

What they offer

• Permanent employment from day one.
• Remote work up to 3 days per week with flexible working hours.
• Work from anywhere within the EU for up to 20 days per year.
• 26 vacation days.
• 1 additional day off per year for volunteer work.
• E-learning via LinkedIn, online language training, and development opportunities.