LawVu is transforming the legal industry by providing the world’s leading and most loved platform for in-house legal teams.

Our aim is to make the lives of in-house legal teams and their business partners more productive and fulfilling. We are well on the way with some of the world’s leading global brands and best in-house legal teams already operating on LawVu.

Growing super fast, LawVu is headquartered in sunny Tauranga, New Zealand, with teams in Australia, the USA, and Ireland. Our culture is strongly values-aligned; we look for people to bring their whole selves and join a team doing the best work of their lives. Our strong partnerships with industry leaders like Microsoft and Databricks enable us to leverage cutting-edge technologies and deliver value to our customers.

LawVu’s Product & Engineering team is seeking a Technical Lead to spearhead the design and development of robust AI and Search solutions. In this role, you’ll be expected to be on the tools, design for change and build robust solutions. You will lead a talented engineering team, ensuring we create scalable, high-quality systems that power our innovative platform. This role offers the opportunity to implement impactful changes in a fast-growing legal tech scale-up, making a real difference in how legal teams operate

You will work closely with the Engineering Manager, Principal Engineer, Product Manager and the broader product engineering team to elevate our AI and Search offerings and meet the demands of a rapidly growing market.

What you’ll do

• Lead by Example: Drive the design and implementation of scalable, efficient back-end systems tailored for AI applications, while actively contributing code.
• Technical Architecture: Define and oversee the technical architecture and system design, ensuring alignment with AI integration and best practices.
• Engineering Excellence: Foster a culture of engineering excellence, mentoring team members to achieve their full potential and instilling best practices across the team.
• Security & Compliance: Maintain and improve strict security protocols for our multi-tenant environment, ensuring data integrity and compliance.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and engineering leadership to develop and execute product and engineering roadmaps.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of advancements in AI technologies, specifically in areas such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Databases and Search, to inform product development.
• Product Discovery: Engage with product teams and customers during product discovery phases to ensure alignment with market needs.

What you’ll bring

• Experience: 8+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems, with a focus on AI or machine learning applications.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on coding expertise, particularly expertise in Microsoft .NET stack. Bonus if you are passionate about AI frameworks and tools.
• Architectural Knowledge: Deep understanding of various system architecture paradigms and the ability to pragmatically apply them to real-world scenarios.
• Agile Methodologies: Comfortable working in an Agile development environment, with a strong focus on iterative development and continuous improvement.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Location

The preferred location is Tauranga or Wellington, but other New Zealand locations will be considered for the right person.

People Leadership

• There are no direct reports

Why LawVu?

At LawVu we support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. We offer the opportunity to get onboard a growth company early and the opportunity to participate in LawVu’s success through our incentive scheme. LawVu has rapidly expanding offices and our work environment encourages continuous improvement and future career development.

Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables us to better understand and serve customers and innovate successfully. From the moment you join, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.