Senior Developer
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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.
- 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.
- Background in the IT industry, with experience managing and developing cloud-based systems.
- NO AGENCIES PLEASE - A&O Shearman does not accept unsolicited CVs. For further information, please see our UK Recruitment Agency Policy and our commitment to direct sourcing here.
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Qualifications
- 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.
- Background in the IT industry, with experience managing and developing cloud-based systems.
- NO AGENCIES PLEASE - A&O Shearman does not accept unsolicited CVs. For further information, please see our UK Recruitment Agency Policy and our commitment to direct sourcing here.
- #LI
About A&O Shearman
A&O Shearman is a global law firm formed from the 2024 merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, with approximately 4,000 lawyers across 49 offices in 29 countries. The firm advises on complex cross-border transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters.
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