Senior Software Engineer \| 6 Month Max Term
Slater and Gordon Lawyers are a leading personal injury and class actions law firm where every member of our team has a shared passion for our clients: we are people caring for people.
Our commitment to our people includes offering genuine work-life balance, with a hybrid work environment allowing them to split their time between home and the office. We recognise and reward high performance and have outstanding employee benefits including a week of shutdown leave, paid parental leave, extra-long service leave, together with various ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
About the role
As a Senior Software Engineer Apps, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and evolving business critical applications that support our legal teams and clients. This is a senior technical role where you will lead by example, owning complex engineering problems and helping shape the technical direction across both legacy and modern platforms.
You will work across two core systems. One is a long standing on premises .NET application that underpins key workflows. The other is a modern React web application with a C# backend hosted in AWS. Your focus will be on ensuring both systems are secure, scalable, reliable, and able to evolve together.
This role is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys being hands on, influencing technical decisions, and lifting engineering standards across a team, without moving into people management.
What you'll do
Lead the design and delivery of high quality features across on premises .NET applications and cloud hosted React and C# solutions
Solve complex technical problems with autonomy, applying strong architectural principles and modern design patterns
Identify and implement opportunities to improve performance, reliability, security, and maintainability across legacy and modern platforms
Contribute to and uphold technical standards, coding practices, and quality benchmarks across engineering teams
Review designs and code with a strong focus on quality, performance, security, and compliance
Build and maintain automated testing across front end, API, and integration layers
What will you bring?
You will bring deep expertise in C# and .NET, including ASP.NET, Web API, and .NET Core, along with strong experience working in enterprise environments. You will be confident supporting and improving on premises systems using Windows Server, IIS, and SQL Server, and comfortable balancing legacy constraints with modern engineering practices. You will have solid experience building React front end applications that consume .NET APIs, and a strong understanding of Agile delivery ways of working.
Just as importantly, you will have excellent problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You will be someone who takes ownership, enjoys mentoring others, and is motivated by improving engineering standards and outcomes
What next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Slater and Gordon. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
To be eligible for this position, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident, or hold a valid visa with full and unrestricted working rights in Australia. Proof of work rights will be required as part of the Slater and Gordon application process.
Acknowledgement of Country Slater and Gordon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.
Diversity + Inclusion Slater and Gordon is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. Slater and Gordon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes. We understand that everyone has different needs. If you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know in your application.