Junior Software Engineer, Opus 2
+ Loyalty Share Scheme
3+ days a week in office
Legal software & services
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Legal software & services
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Loyalty Share Scheme
3+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To design, develop, and deliver industry-leading solutions that transform the dispute lifecycle —empowering legal professionals to maximise the value they deliver to clients.
Role
Who you are
- For juniors, we hire for shape more than experience
- Curiosity. You're interested in how systems work, why decisions were made, and what you don't yet understand
- Learning velocity. You pick things up fast from pairing, code review, docs, AI tools, and conversations. You don't wait for someone to teach you
- Emerging ownership. You complete what you start, ask when stuck, and take responsibility for your share of the work
- Clear communication. You say what's going well, what isn't, and what you need
- Change disposition. You enjoy that the work is changing fast. That's part of the appeal
- You're at the start of your career: an internship, bootcamp, computer science degree, self-taught with a portfolio, or early in your first role
- You can write code in at least one mainstream language (Python, TypeScript, Java, Go). Not yet expertly, but clearly enough to do the job
- You've used Git, written tests, and shipped something: a personal project, course work, or an internship
- You're comfortable using AI tooling in your workflow, and you treat it as a way to learn faster rather than a shortcut to think less
- You enjoy explaining what you've learned, even imperfectly, because that's how it sticks
What the job involves
- The first few years of your engineering career shape how you think for the rest of it
- We want juniors who are curious, who pick things up fast, and who take that early learning seriously
- You'll join a squad working on real production code from day one, with senior engineers around you whose job includes growing you
- AI is reshaping how all of us write software, and you'll learn that on the job, alongside the fundamentals
- This is an IC role with a clear path forward, and we invest in that path
- Build foundational skills on real production work. Well-defined tasks with senior engineers supervising. The work is small in scope but real, and your code ships and serves customers
- Learn the craft deliberately. Code review feedback, pairing, documentation, tests. These are the fundamentals that compound, and we protect time for them
- Use the tools well. Source control, your dev environment, CI, observability, and AI tooling, which we treat as part of the workflow. Try things and bring back what you find
- Communicate clearly. Tell your team what you're working on, why, how it's going, and where you're stuck. Asking for help is part of the job
- Improve the docs. Whenever something tripped you up, write the explanation that would have helped. The codebase improves, and so do you
- We pick tools to fit the problem, and we have a clear sense of where we're heading. On the backend we're investing in Python, Go, and TypeScript. Java and PHP are in established parts of the platform, and we'll keep them well-tended where it makes sense. If you light up about Python or Go, you're in the right place
- Backend: Python, Go, TypeScript (where we're investing); Java and PHP (established services)
- Frontend: React
- Deployment: Kubernetes primary; serverless where it's the better fit
- Cloud: AWS
- Data: Postgres, MongoDB, OpenSearch / Elasticsearch, vector stores
- AI: GenAI features already in production (LLMs, retrieval, agentic workflows), with more on the way
- You don't need to know any of these on day one. You should be ready to learn the ones you don't
Our take
Documentation, clients and teams are all multifarious in legal proceedings, and therefore provide unique logistical problems. Opus 2 aims to meet the needs of the modern courtroom by providing digital solutions in an age of remote hearings.
The company provides e-bundles that seek to solve these problems. Whilst courtrooms may use existing video software to conduct hearings, Opus 2 integrates this software with other elements (such as data storage and documentation) in order to streamline the process and ultimately save time for everyone. The company offers virtual workspaces on a secure cloud platform, streamlining legal work for both lawyers and clients.
Opus 2 continually invests in developing its software in the UK and internationally and facilitates this by hiring new talent. A recent partnership with SeeUnity is set to help achieve this.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Leadership
Graham Smith-Bernal
(CEO)Founded LiveNote, the world's most widely used litigation support tool, before starting Opus 2 in 2008.
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