Product Engineer / Software Engineer
We are looking for a Software Engineer ideally within a product-focused or cross-functional team, you'll be at the intersection of engineering and user experience-building scalable, high-impact software that directly shapes the product roadmap. You'll collaborate with product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams to deliver features that delight users and drive business outcomes.
If you are user-focused, curious and adaptive, reliable and Delivery oriented then this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Product Engineering and Delivery
- Build and maintain user-facing applications, tools, and integrations that support legal and business operations.
- Work collaboratively with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate user needs into working code.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code-balancing speed with stability and long-term maintainability.
- Participate in regular product discovery, testing ideas through prototypes, spikes, and lightweight experiments.
Technology and Integration
- Build APIs and services to connect and orchestrate systems across the firm.
- Integrate with third-party platforms, legal tech tools, and internal systems to support seamless user experiences.
- Support our low-code initiatives by developing and extending components for use in Power Platform and other automation tools.
Agile, Iterative Development
- Work within a modern agile delivery model-focusing on iterative value delivery, fast feedback loops, and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to backlog grooming, technical scoping, and story writing with product managers.
- Participate in code reviews, retrospectives, and design sessions, contributing to a strong engineering culture.
Security, Quality, and Operations
- Ensure that all solutions meet firmwide standards for security, privacy, and compliance.
- Take ownership of the health of your code in production-monitoring performance, resolving bugs, and continuously improving.
- Support the automation of testing and deployment pipelines to improve release velocity and confidence.
Technical Skills Required:
- Proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g. JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, .NET, Node.js).
- Experience with frontend development (e.g. React, Angular, Hugo).
- Strong understanding of backend systems, API design, and system integration.
- Comfortable working with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS.
- Familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL), identity/access management, and deployment tools.
- Familiarity with rapid prototyping tools (e.g Figma etc)
Professional Experience
- 3+ years in software development or engineering, ideally within a product-focused or cross-functional team.
- Experience working in a professional service, legal, or regulated environment is a plus, but not required.
- Experience collaborating with product teams and participating in user-focused design and delivery.
Ways of Working
- Practical understanding of agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
- Passion for writing maintainable, testable code and improving developer workflows.
- Ability to balance speed of delivery with architectural and technical discipline.
- Company
- Mentmore Recruitment
- Location
- City of London, London, United Kingdom
- Employment Type
- Contract
- Salary
- £70000 - £80000/annum
- Posted
- Company
- Mentmore Recruitment
- Location
- City of London, London, United Kingdom
- Employment Type
- Contract
- Salary
- £70000 - £80000/annum
- Posted