As a Senior Developer at Opus 2, you'll lead delivery of medium-to-large features and projects within your squad while influencing the broader engineering strategy. You'll serve as a trusted technical partner to Product and Design, balancing user needs, delivery speed, and technical quality. You'll set high standards of engineering craft, mentor across squads, and help embed practices like CI/CD, automated testing, and operational ownership.
What you'll be doing
* Lead the design, development, and delivery of medium-to-large features and projects.
* Partner with Product and Design to align roadmaps with technical feasibility and user needs.
* Contribute to squad strategy, influencing decisions on architecture, scalability, and reliability.
* Provide deep technical mentorship to engineers across squads, raising standards of engineering quality.
* Support operational excellence through strong observability, monitoring, and testing practices.
* Actively contribute to wider engineering strategy with Tech Leads and senior leadership.
What Success Looks Like
* You consistently deliver technically sound, user-focused projects that align with business goals.
* You manage technical trade-offs transparently, providing clarity to Product and Design partners.
* You raise the technical bar across squads, mentoring engineers and setting best practices.
* You proactively improve reliability, scalability, and maintainability of the platform.
* You are AI literate with the ability to translate business opportunities into safe, scalable, and value-driven AI solutions.
* Mentor others in responsible AI use and help set squad-level standards for AI adoption.
* Partner with Product/Design to explore and prototype AI-powered features that enhance user experience.
Requirements
What we're looking for in you
* Deep expertise in distributed systems, multi-tenant SaaS, and API-first platforms.
* Proven ability to lead complex projects and influence technical direction.
* Strong mentorship skills and ability to scale engineering standards across squads.
* 5–9+ years of professional software development experience.
Benefits
Working for Opus 2
Opus 2 is a global leader in legal software and services, trusted partner of the world's leading legal teams. All our achievements are underpinned by our unique culture where our people are our most valuable asset. Working at Opus 2, you'll receive:
* Contributory pension plan.
* 33 days annual holidays, flexible working, and length of service entitlement.
* Health Insurance.
* Loyalty Share Scheme.
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Calm and Mindfulness sessions.
* A day of leave to volunteer for charity and an active CSR team raising money towards a company charity.
* Regular Company Social Events.
* Yearly Development Retreat.