Staff Software Engineer

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · Stockholm, Sweden · Engineering & Product

Staff Software Engineer at Legora, an AI-native legal tech company, responsible for shipping high-impact features and building scalable systems. The role involves owning technical solutions from design to production, collaborating cross-functionally, leading engineers, and championing automation and process improvements. Requires extensive software engineering experience, deep understanding of system design, and strong leadership and mentoring skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Architect, design, and ship new features with a focus on speed, quality, and reliability
  2. Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business needs and product ideas into robust technical solutions
  3. Lead engineers through the full software development lifecycle—from ideation and scoping to development, release, and ongoing optimization
  4. Champion automation and process improvements that accelerate feature delivery and maintain technical excellence
  5. Ensure code quality, documentation, and compliance standards are met as features move from prototype to release

Skills

Required

  • Extensive experience in software engineering
  • history of shipping impactful features in complex systems
  • Deep understanding of system design
  • software architecture
  • modern development practices
  • Effective technical leader
  • mentor
  • Exceptional collaborator
  • communicator

Nice to have

  • Advocate for continuous delivery
  • automation
  • process efficiency

What the JD emphasized

  • shipping high-impact features
  • shipping impactful features