Senior Legal Engineer

Job Title: Senior Legal Engineer

Department: Legal Tech Enablement Team

Company: Dentons Business Services EMEA

Location: Warsaw, Poland (Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center)

Job Purpose:

The Senior Legal Engineer is instrumental in designing and implementing legal technology solutions to enhance service delivery across Dentons Europe. This role merges technical proficiency with legal process understanding to drive automation, optimize workflows, and develop innovative tools for legal professionals and clients. The position offers a significant opportunity to influence how legal services are delivered globally, working at the intersection of law, technology, and innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership: Lead end-to-end delivery of legal engineering projects, including automation, document assembly, data extraction, and custom applications.
• Workflow Optimization: Analyze legal workflows with practice groups and design technology solutions to optimize processes.
• Solution Development: Build and configure solutions using automation and low-code/no-code platforms.
• Technical Documentation: Prepare technical specifications, implementation plans, and documentation.
• Testing & Maintenance: Test, troubleshoot, and maintain deployed solutions.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with partners, lawyers, Technology, and Business Development teams.
• Vendor Management: Act as the primary contact for vendors, managing implementations and training.
• Adoption & Training: Present solution designs, conduct user testing, and support adoption across teams.
• Strategic Contribution: Contribute to the legal technology roadmap and evaluate new tools.
• Business Case Development: Support business cases, ROI analysis, and proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Scalability: Identify opportunities to scale successful solutions across practice areas.
• Mentorship: Mentor and guide Legal Engineers and Junior Legal Engineers.
• Knowledge Sharing: Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Performance Monitoring: Maintain documentation, monitor solution performance, and implement improvements.
• Industry Awareness: Stay updated on legal tech developments and share insights.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Computer Science, Engineering, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Advanced degree or certifications in legal tech, innovation, or technology (preferred).
• 4+ years of experience in legal technology, legal engineering, legal operations, software development, or a related field, with a track record of delivering legal tech solutions from concept to deployment.
• Hands-on experience with workflow automation, document automation, or legal applications.
• Experience mentoring junior team members or working in client-facing/consulting roles is a plus.
• Strong understanding of legal workflows and service delivery, with the ability to assess technical feasibility while focusing on user experience and business value.
• Experience with legal technology platforms (e.g., document automation, workflow tools, legal AI).
• Familiarity with process mapping, software development lifecycle, and testing practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with partners and senior stakeholders.
• Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working in dynamic environments.
• Mentorship mindset with a collaborative, client-focused approach.

Benefits:

• Private medical healthcare provided by Medicover.
• MultiSport card.
• Benefit Cafeteria system.
• Option to join a private insurance plan.
• An additional day off for your birthday.
• Tailored learning & development opportunities.
• Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center.