Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- Software, Back End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop innovative software solutions for the legal sector, work on backend APIs and frontend interfaces, and integrate AI tools to enhance productivity in an agile environment.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be working for our Legal & Regulatory division where we help legal and compliance professionals enhance productivity, mitigate risk, and solve complex problems confidently.
- We are looking for exceptional engineers to join our fast-growing team automating knowledge work for legal professionals.
- As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll play a central role in developing our product 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.
- This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of legal tech by building intelligent, scalable solutions that empower professionals and transform workflows.
- In your role you'll be part of a highly skilled technology organization and a fast-growing product organization.
- You will be working at the vibrant Merantix AI Campus in Berlin, surrounded by a community of AI innovators.
- 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.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science or Software Engineering or similar disciplines.
Qualifications
- Vertrautheit mit Best Practices in der Softwareentwicklung und Sicherheitsprinzipien.
- Bonus: You've built or contributed to LLM-powered products.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership and urgency.
- A pragmatic approach to problem solving. It's more important to you to solve the problem than to use new/hyped technology.
- Accountability and commitment to high-quality outcomes.
- Excellent communication in English; German is a plus.
Experience
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience working within product software engineering.
- Starke Erfahrung mit Python, insbesondere FastAPI und asynchroner Programmierung.
- Solid proficiency in TypeScript; experience with Svelte is a strong plus.
- Experience using AI coding agents like Cursor or Claude Code.
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What we offer
- This is a hybrid role, where you will spend at least eight days a month at our office, where you'll enjoy the benefits of connecting and collaborating with your colleagues in person.
- Permanent employment from day one.
- Remote work & flexibility: Work remotely up to 3 days per week (home office) (= 8 days a month in the office) with flexible working hours.
- Work abroad flexibly: Work from anywhere within the EU for up to 20 days within a twelve-month period.
- Rest & time off: 26 vacation days.
- Show your commitment: 1 additional day off per year for your volunteer work (Volunteer Day).
- Support for development: E-learning via LinkedIn, online language training with goFluent, and other training and development opportunities.
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Benefits
Work-Life-Integration
Health, Fitness & Fun
Higher Take-Home Pay
Food & Drink
Topics You Will Work On
Job Locations
About Your Employer
Wolters Kluwer Software und Service GmbH
As a leading provider of information, software and services, Wolters Kluwer helps experts work better and solve complex problems in a constantly changing world. We are committed to the success of people and businesses we serve in over 180 countries every day.
Description
- Company Size
- 50-249 Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Lead Software Engineer
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
