Senior Developer

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Developer to join our IT team, based in A&O Shearman's Belfast Office.

Information Technology team - Belfast

The core of the global technology department's mission is to provide stable, reliable, and secure platforms and services to our partners, staff and clients and fulfil our regulatory obligations across 30+ countries. To ensure that a consistent and standardised IT service is delivered to all offices, IT is managed and led as a global function, enabling all offices to benefit from complete systems integration and economies of scale. We have around 400 technologists based predominantly in the UK, Singapore and increasingly in the US.

Enterprise Architecture and Technology Platforms

To develop and maintain the firm's technology strategy and enterprise architecture. In parallel, own, improve and simplify the firm's key technology 'building blocks' by designing, building and managing the core technology platforms which are fundamental to delivering strategic business goals.

What you will do

Reporting to the Lead Engineer (Integration), this role supports the design, development, and maintenance of custom integrations that connect A&O Shearman's key legal systems, and which support the ingestion, time recording, and document storage of legal Matters.

The role is accountable for the correct operation, availability, performance, and security of the integration platform.

Key Relationships;

Manager:

• Lead Engineer (Integration)

Additional Colleagues:

• Software Engineering team
• Platform Owners
• Other Business Teams as required
• Solution Architects
• Data Governance
• Information Security
• Technology Delivery - Legal Technology
• Technology Services - Infrastructure & Operations

Responsibilities;

• Develop and operate integration platforms in alignment with the firm's strategy, standards, and policies.

• Develop microservices and web apps to connect systems using integration platforms.

• Develop customer relationships with fee earners and business teams to manage the delivery of software solutions and tooling.

• Participate in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.

• Work with IT stakeholders to refine acceptance criteria.

• Write unit, integration, and acceptance tests.

• Improve and extend CI/CD pipelines.

• Provide 3rd line support for operational issues, working with Technology Services to resolve operational issues and plan and deploy software releases.

• Investigate and support legal workflow issues.

• Act as the focal point for matters related to integration engineering, providing guidance to other teams when required.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and tools.

• Support the Enterprise Architecture & Technology Platforms leadership team to collectively define, implement and operate the firm's development of software solutions and tooling.

• Work with stakeholders from Enterprise Architecture, Data Governance and Information Security to ensure solutions are performant, compliant and secure.

• Support service provider reviews to assess performance against service targets, drive innovation, and ensure any remediation activities are being delivered.

• Identify and pursue opportunities for continuous improvement in integration engineering. Including improving software solutions tooling.
• Working with system and solution architects, contribute to the integration engineering standards, API development standards, and more broadly, to the Engineering Centre of Excellence documentation.

What you will have

Experience:

• Direct or related experience in .NET development, preferably within the legal or professional services sector.

• Demonstrable problem-solving skills using the latest versions of C#.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, patterns, testing, and debugging.

• Knowledge and understanding of scalable, cloud-based systems and operational management.

• Knowledge of IT strategic planning, design, and operations processes.

• Familiarity with Agile software development practices

• Solid understanding of the testing pyramid and testing trade-offs,

• Knowledge of current IT and data market trends and technology innovations.

• At least 5 years' background in the IT industry, with experience managing and developing cloud-based systems.

Personal:

• Proven stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

• Proven business acumen and ability to understand how they add value to the function, firm or clients.

• Growth mindset and positive outlook.

• Promotes the firm's values at all times and is comfortable working with a wide range of people and departments.

• Proactive attitude to self-improvement and accountability.

• Engineering excellence and rigorous approach to your craft.

What we can offer you

We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, online discounts and lifestyle management services.

We recognise the value of flexible working and embrace hybrid working, so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.

Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.

We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

About A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world's most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.

We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world's leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.

Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.

What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.