Software Engineer

Test

Kenya

Ref: GP146-165

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job purpose
• We are searching for a legal technologist to be an integral part of the firm's adoption of new legal technology software in the MENA region. We are looking for someone with strong IT-skills and experience in the legal industry to work alongside lawyers and paralegals to develop a technology system to support our legal packaged services division.

Key responsibilities
• Inputting and assisting with the design of the content of legal technology platforms, including (in the initial part of the role) implementing software customization to a specific product
• Coordinating with the core legal teams and the IT team on project delivery, liaising with software developers on the roll-out, and maintaining and dealing with technology support questions from internal and external clients (where relevant)
• Testing new legal technology against pre-defined criteria and evaluating performance in the MENA region
• Becoming the "go to person" for functionality, training, amendments and extension of these legal technology platforms
• Tracking usage and feedback, issue spotting; and
• Connecting with global and other regional innovation / legal technology teams to understand and communicate to the MENA region their legal technology innovation projects being undertaken within the firm.

Salary:
AED 3,000 to 4,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will:
• Have a proven high level of IT literacy, coding training/experience will be highly regarded;
• Have a legal training background (for example a law degree and/or completed the LPC or be overseas qualified, or equivalent);
• Ideally have experience using legal technology software such as e-discovery/e-due diligence software, document automation (e.g. Contract Express or Hotdocs), workflow products (e.g. Neota Logic, Mattersphere), portal technology (e.g. HighQ, SharePoint), etc;
• Have an interest in new and emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning, block chain technology, data room analytics and document review platforms;
• Have a proven track record of strong organizational skills;
• Have excellent attention to detail;
• Be proactive, with strong persuasive skills; and
• Be resourceful and persistent in finding solutions.
• Have excellent English communication skills
• Be currently based in the Kenya

Key Demographic Requirements - applicants must be:
• Based in Kenya